UPSSSC Senior Instructor Recruitment 2026 — Apply Online for 132 Posts from 14 September

Short Information

UPSSSC has advertised 132 Senior Instructor posts in the Deendayal Upadhyay State Institute of Rural Development, Bakshi ka Talab, Lucknow, under Advertisement No. 21-Exam/2026. Only candidates who sat the Preliminary Eligibility Test 2025 and hold a PET-2025 score card may apply — and anyone whose absolute or normalised PET-2025 score is zero or negative will not be shortlisted for the mains, regardless of qualification. The ₹25 you pay now is the online process fee alone; the mains examination fee is a separate payment made later by shortlisted candidates, and until it is paid the mains admit card will not download. All 132 posts are permanent, in Level-6 of the pay matrix.

Important Dates

Application Fee

Age Limit

Vacancy DetailsTotal Posts: 132

Eligibility

• All 132 posts fall under the Director General, Deendayal Upadhyay State Institute of Rural Development, Bakshi ka Talab, Lucknow, and all are permanent.
• Pay is Level-6 of the pay matrix — minimum ₹35,400 and maximum ₹1,12,400 — for every one of the thirteen disciplines.
• Only candidates who appeared in the Preliminary Eligibility Test 2025 and to whom UPSSSC issued a PET-2025 score card may apply.
• Shortlisting for the mains examination is on merit of the normalised PET-2025 score.
• A candidate whose actual (absolute) or normalised PET-2025 score is zero, below zero or negative will not be shortlisted for the mains examination.
• Candidates marked Under Investigation (UI) or Provisional in the PET 2025 result are allowed to apply provisionally, subject to the final decision of the Commission in their case.
• The essential qualification must be held by the last date of application, 5 October 2026 — acquiring it later does not count.
• For the Agricultural Engineering post the essential qualification is a bachelor degree in agricultural engineering with at least 50% marks; each of the other twelve disciplines carries its own essential qualification, set out post by post in section 6 of the advertisement.
• EWS candidates need an EWS certificate issued between 1 April 2026 and 5 October 2026, based on financial year 2025-26 income and valid for 2026-27, in the format prescribed by the State Government.
• Uttar Pradesh women candidates are placed in the category they belong to, and only a caste certificate issued from the father side is accepted.
• Post preference is exercised at the document-verification stage, not now; the Commission allots posts taking availability, merit, the qualification for the post and the age limit into account, and its decision is final.
• Only one application is to be made for the advertised posts.
• Selection is on the written examination alone — one paper of 100 objective multiple-choice questions, 100 marks, two hours.
• Negative marking applies at 25 per cent — one quarter of the mark carried by the question — for every wrong answer.
• Paper structure: Rural development subject knowledge 50 questions and 50 marks; analytical ability and data interpretation 15 questions and 15 marks; computer and information technology concepts with current developments 15 questions and 15 marks; general knowledge of Uttar Pradesh 20 questions and 20 marks.

How to Apply

1. Applications open on 14 September 2026 and are accepted only online through upsssc.gov.in — no other route is valid.
2. Open the UPSSSC homepage and click Advertisement No. 21-Exam/2026 under the Live Advertisement segment to download and read the full advertisement first.
3. Complete the whole application in one pass; the process is designed to be finished in a single sitting.
4. Pay the ₹25 online process fee by credit card, debit card, internet banking, UPI or SBI e-challan. No other payment mode is permitted.
5. The form submits automatically only once the fee is successfully paid and reconciled. If the form does not appear after a successful payment, the fee has not been reconciled.
6. If the fee shows as pending, use Update Your Transaction ID by Double Verification under the Applicant Segment on the UPSSSC homepage to reconcile it.
7. Get the fee reconciled by 5 October 2026, or at the latest within seven days of it — that is, by 12 October 2026. The printout of the application is not available until reconciliation is done.
8. The correction window runs to 12 October 2026; permitted details in the submitted application can be changed in that period.
9. Download and print the submitted application form and keep it — UPSSSC can ask for it at document verification.
10. If shortlisted, pay the separate mains examination fee before trying to download the mains admit card.

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