Orissa High Court Junior Grade Typist / DEO Examination 2026 (07/2026)

The notified selection has three qualifying tests and one final merit-determining typing test. The Court will announce the dates, venue details and e-admit cards separately; no examination date is specified in Advertisement 07/2026. Original-document verification is required before the final typing examination.

🧭 Stage sequence and qualifying rules

📊 Marks officially allotted to the four examinations

The 450 marks shown across the four assessments must not be treated as a cumulative selection score. Final placement follows the 100-mark English typing score alone, after the preceding qualifying conditions have been satisfied.

I. Preliminary Examination — 150 objective questions

• Duration: 120 minutes; maximum: 150 marks; format: 150 multiple-choice questions.
• Subject areas expressly identified: General English, General Knowledge, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude; questions are described as being in accordance with the Graduation Course.
• Negative marking: 0.5 mark deducted per incorrect answer.
• Minimum qualifying marks: 33% for SC/ST and 40% for the rest; the Court may fix a qualifying shortlisting cutoff considering the number of vacancies and candidates.
• Not specified: individual subject question quotas, a date or centre, or any additional unannounced subject.

II. Language Test — 100 marks and two hours

📊 Language Test: official component-wise marks

Candidates must demonstrate both English and Odia; the two translation directions are separately assessed for 20 marks each. At least 33 marks for SC/ST or 45 marks for other categories is required under the published qualifying rule. The Court explicitly excludes Language Test marks from the final merit list.

III. Computer Application Test — theory plus skill

📊 Computer Application: separate theory and skill marks

30 minutes per segment. The original table specifically names MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint, MS Access, Internet operation and file upload/download tasks. Candidates need 50% or more across the 100-mark computer test. The original document does not provide the theory question count or a finer chapter-by-chapter breakdown. Computer Application marks are only for qualifying, not final ranking.

IV. Main Written Examination — English Typewriting

• Maximum marks: 100. Time: 10 minutes.
• Typing task: reproduce approximately 400 words from provided printed matter.
• Deduction: 0.25 mark for each mistake, including omission, substitution, addition and repetition.
• Elimination: more than 20 mistakes in the typed script disqualifies the candidate.
• Final merit rule: ranking uses the marks in this main typing test only. Equal marks are resolved by favouring the older candidate.

Actual notices and examination-centre arrangements

The High Court will notify examination dates and centres on its Recruitment Corner/Examination Portal and on e-admit cards. Centre-change requests will not be accepted. Original certificates are checked before the main typewriting examination. No examination date, admit-card release, answer key, result or final selection cutoff has yet been announced under this original advertisement. The above qualifying marks are pre-notified thresholds, not proof that the Court has released stagewise results or actual selection cutoffs.

Official: Advertisement 07/2026 · Examination Portal