MP High Court Stenographer 2026 Notification

MP High Court Stenographer and Assistant vacancies 2026

Advertisement No. 666 of 2026 of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur, dated 6 October 2026, fills 418 posts in the district and sessions court establishments of the state. Stenographer Grade-III has the most posts at 299, followed by 69 Stenographer Grade-II, 30 Assistant Grade-III (English Knowing) and 20 Stenographer Grade-III (Court Manager Staff). The Court Manager Staff and Assistant Grade-III posts are all unreserved, so SC, ST, OBC and EWS applicants for these two posts are treated as unreserved. The notice says the number of posts may change, and any change will be published as a corrigendum on the High Court website.

Last date and correction window

The online form opened at 12:00 noon on 6 October 2026 and closes at 5:00 pm on 27 October 2026, together with the fee payment. The High Court warns that a portal payment made when the server is down can take 48 to 72 hours to update, so it asks candidates to finish well before the deadline. After the last date, a correction window runs from 12:00 noon on 30 October to 5:00 pm on 1 November 2026, but it only covers entries made in the application form, not the registration form.

Qualification for each post

Every post needs a graduation degree in any discipline, a CPCT score card from MAP-IT or another agency recognised by the MP government, and a one-year computer application diploma recognised by the MP government. The shorthand speed is what differs: Hindi at 100 words per minute for Stenographer Grade-II, Hindi at 80 wpm for both Stenographer Grade-III posts, and English at 80 wpm for Assistant Grade-III (English Knowing). The qualifications must be passed, with the mark sheet or certificate in hand, by the last date of the online form.

Age limit and fee

Age is counted on 1 January 2026, because the recruitment year is 2026, and the minimum is 18 years. The upper limit is 40 years for unreserved men and for MP EWS men, and 45 years for MP OBC, SC and ST candidates, MP government, corporation and board employees, Nagar Sainik, and all women and divyang candidates. The fee is made up of a ₹200 exam fee for unreserved and outside-MP candidates plus a ₹743.40 portal fee for everyone, so the total is ₹943.40 or ₹743.40. Candidates who reach the skill test pay another ₹743.40 portal charge.

Exam pattern and selection

Selection has two stages. The online preliminary exam has 100 one-mark questions in 120 minutes, in five parts of 20 questions each, and will be held at centres such as Jabalpur, Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Sagar, Satna and Ujjain. It is a screening test only. Around five candidates per post in each category move on to the skill test, a 100-mark test with about 400 words of dictation in 5 minutes and 30 minutes to transcribe on a computer, with half a mark deducted per mistake. The final merit list comes from the skill test, and selected candidates sign a ₹2 lakh bond to serve at least three years.