If you are one of the candidates who applied for the UKPSC Personal Assistant (Establishment, Honourable High Court, Uttarakhand) Exam-2025, this admit card is your entry pass to the most critical stage of the recruitment process. The post carries a Pay Level-8 salary of ₹47,600 to ₹1,51,100 per month — making it one of the better-compensated secretarial government positions in Uttarakhand, especially given that it is a High Court placement.

The recruitment was notified under Advertisement No. A-4/E-3/DR/(H.C.P.A)/2024-25 on 25 December 2025 for 11 posts of Personal Assistant in the administrative establishment of the High Court of Uttarakhand. The selection process spans three stages — a Typing Test, a Shorthand Test, and a Written Examination — and the admit card released on 21 March 2026 pertains to the very first practical stage: the English Typing Examination under Paper II.

This typing test is not merely a formality. It is the first filter in the selection pipeline — candidates who do not type at the minimum required speed of 40 words per minute (12,000 key depressions per hour) are eliminated here itself and do not proceed to the Shorthand Test or the Written Examination. Getting through today is the prerequisite for everything else in this recruitment.

Why only Haridwar — and what it means for you

The exam is being conducted at a single centre — Gyanodaya Lab inside the UKPSC Pariksha Bhawan campus in Haridwar — across four days with two sessions per day. This single-centre model means that candidates from across Uttarakhand and beyond must travel to Haridwar. If you are based in Dehradun, Nainital, Haldwani, or any other location, plan your travel and accommodation in advance. The Haridwar railway station and bus terminals are well-connected, and the UKPSC office is within the city.

The UKPSC PA (High Court) recruitment has three practical and written stages. Understanding where you are in this pipeline — and what comes after — helps you focus your preparation correctly. The current admit card is for Stage 1 only. Each stage is sequential: you cannot appear in Stage 2 without clearing Stage 1, and you cannot appear in the Written Exam without clearing Stage 2.

The English Typing Test is described as Qualifying / Compulsory — there is a clear, non-negotiable speed standard. If you cannot reach this speed on exam day, you are eliminated regardless of how well you might perform in the shorthand or written stages. Understanding exactly what the standard means in practice helps you prepare more precisely.

The UKPSC notification specifies a minimum typing speed of 40 words per minute, which is equivalently stated as 12,000 key depressions per hour. On a computer keyboard, "key depressions" count every single keystroke — letters, spaces, punctuation, the Enter key — not just visible characters. This is a higher bar than it sounds. At 12,000 KPH, you are pressing a key every 0.3 seconds continuously.

Candidates who qualify the typing test need to understand exactly what awaits them in Stage 2 — the English Shorthand (Aashulipi) Examination. This stage carries 120 marks and is the primary contributor to the final merit list. How well you perform in shorthand is the single most important factor determining your final rank among qualifying candidates.

The shorthand test involves dictation at 100 words per minute for 7 minutes (total 700 words dictated). After dictation, candidates are given 45 minutes for transcription (plus 10 minutes to read back their notes — this time is excluded from the 45-minute limit). The examiner then evaluates the transcribed work for mistakes.

Selected candidates join as Personal Assistant in the administrative establishment of the Honourable High Court of Uttarakhand. This is not a routine secretarial post — working in a High Court environment means exposure to judicial proceedings, legal documentation, and court administration at the highest level of the state judiciary. The role demands precision, discretion, and consistent professional conduct.