Kerala High Court Recruitment 2026 - Highlights
- Organization : Kerala High Court
- Post Name : Office Attendant
- Job Type : Kerala Govt
- Recruitment Type : Direct
- Advt No : HCKL/7597/2026-REC3-HC
- Vacancies : 17
- Job Location : Kerala
- Salary : ₹23,000 - ₹50,200 (Per Month)
- Mode of Application : Online
- Application Start : 23.09.2026
- Last Date : 26.10.2026
Job Details Descriptions
Important Dates : Kerala High Court Recruitment 2026
- Notification Date : 16 September 2026
- Starting Date to Apply : 23 September 2026
- Last Date to Apply : 26 October 2026
- Offline Fee Payment Starts : 30 October 2026
- Offline Fee Payment Last Date : 06 November 2026
Vacancy Details : Kerala High Court Recruitment 2026
- Office Attendant : 17 (Seventeen) (Anticipated).
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Salary Details : Kerala High Court Recruitment 2026
- Office Attendant : ₹23,000 - ₹50,200 (Per Month)
- a) Candidates born between 02/01/1986 and 01/01/2008 (both days inclusive) are eligible to apply.
- b) Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes born between 02/01/1981 and 01/01/2008 (both days inclusive) are eligible to apply.
- c) Candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes born between 02/01/1983 and 01/01/2008 (both days inclusive) are eligible to apply.
- d) A candidate who is an Ex-serviceman or ex-General Reserve Engineer Force person or a disembodied Territorial Army person, in reckoning the age for his eligibility for appointment can exclude the period of his service in the defence forces or in the General Reserve Engineer Force or in the Territorial Army, as the case may be, and the period of unemployment on discharge up to a maximum of five years provided he has not completed the age of 50 years.
- e) Age relaxation upto 15 years will be granted to candidates belonging to Blindness & Low Vision, Deaf and Hard of Hearing categories and 10 years to candidates belonging to other categories of benchmark disabilities subject to the condition that in no case upper age limit shall exceed 50 years.
- f) Age relaxation up to 5 years will be granted to widows, subject to the condition that in no case upper age limit shall exceed 50 years.
Qualification : Kerala High Court Recruitment 2026
- Should have passed S.S.L.C or equivalent and should not have acquired graduation.
Application Fee : Kerala High Court Recruitment 2026
- ₹500/- (Rupees Five hundred only). Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribe and unemployed differently abled candidates are exempted from payment of application fee.
- For payment of fee, candidates should either use system generated Fee Payment Challan or pay online through Debit Card/ Credit Card/Net Banking/UPI by following instructions on the screen. Bank Transaction charges for Payment of application fee, if applicable, will have to be borne by the candidate.
- (a) Selection will be on the basis of Written Test and Interview. The written test will be of Objective Type with 75 minutes duration to be answered in OMR Answer Sheet and will have 4 sections (Total 100 marks) as follows: (a) General Knowledge & Current affairs - 50 marks, (b) Numerical ability - 20 marks, (c) Mental ability - 15 marks and (d) General English - 15 marks.
- (b) Each question will carry 1 mark. For every incorrect answer, 1/4 mark will be deducted. The medium of the test will be bilingual in English & Malayalam.
- (c) Interview: The interview is for 10 marks. The minimum marks for being included in the ranked list will be 35% in the interview.
- (d) The number of candidates to be included in the Short List of candidates to be called for the interview will be decided by the High Court having regard to the number of vacancies notified, the number of candidates appointed from the previous list and chances of occurrence of vacancies.)
- The written test will be conducted at Thiruvananthapuram, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Kozhikode. Candidates should choose the name of the Centre where he/she desires to take the examination in the online application. No change in the choice of examination centre will be entertained under any circumstances. The High Court reserves the right to add or delete any centre at its discretion. The High Court also reserves the right to allot a candidate to any centre other than the one he/she has opted for.
How to Apply : Kerala High Court Recruitment 2026
If you are interested and found yourself eligible for Office Attendant , click on the apply online link given below. Then, find the appropriate option and fill up the form. You can apply Online from 23 Sep 2026 to 26 Oct 2026.
Follow the steps given below to Apply Online
- Open the official website www.hckerala.gov.in
- Find the Office Attendant Job Notification in the “Recruitment / Career / Advertising Menu” and click on it.
- Download the official notification from the link provided at the end.
- Read the Full Notification. carefully and check your eligibility criteria.
- Visit the Online Official Online Application / Registration link below.
- Fill in the required details correctly without any mistakes.
- Upload all required documents in the format and size mentioned in the notification.
- Finally, after verifying that the registered details are correct, then submit.
- Next, if Kerala High Court requires an application fee, make the payment as per the notification mode. Otherwise, go to the next step.
- Take a printout of it and keep it safe
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1. What is the educational qualification required for the Office Attendant post?
- Candidates must have passed SSLC or equivalent and must not have acquired graduation.
- No. Candidates who have acquired a degree/graduation are not eligible to apply. Shortlisted candidates must submit an affidavit stating they were not graduates as of the application closing date.
- General candidates born between 02/01/1986 and 01/01/2008 are eligible. Age relaxations apply for SC/ST, OBC, Widows, Ex-servicemen, and Differently Abled candidates.
- The fee is ₹500. SC/ST candidates and unemployed differently-abled candidates are completely exempted.
- Selection consists of an Objective OMR Written Test (100 marks, 75 minutes duration) followed by an Interview (10 marks).
The exam has 100 questions (1 mark each, 1/4 negative mark for wrong answers) in English & Malayalam:
- General Knowledge & Current Affairs: 50 marks
- Numerical Ability: 20 marks
- Mental Ability: 15 marks
- General English: 15 marks
- Online Registration Starts: 23/09/2026
- Online Application Closing Date: 26/10/2026
- Offline Fee Payment Starts: 30/10/2026
- Offline Fee Payment Last Date: 06/11/2026
- The written test will be held at Thiruvananthapuram, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Thrissur, and Kozhikode.
- The scale of pay is ₹23,000 – ₹50,200.
- Candidates applying from abroad must send an email with their location and public IP address to [email protected] to get portal access, and inform via email after applying.
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