Allahabad HC Private Secretary Admit Card 2026: 195 Posts, Exam on 17 Nov

The Allahabad HC Private Secretary Admit Card 2026 is out. The High Court of Judicature at Allahabad issued a public notice on 13 November 2026 saying the admit cards for the Private Secretary Grade I Recruitment Examination 2026 are now available on the official website. The Stage I examination follows on 17 November 2026, in ten cities across Uttar Pradesh, for 195 posts. The notice also says Tata Consultancy Services will conduct the examination.

Download the card from allahabadhighcourt.in. The notice links straight to the TCS admit card portal, where you log in with your registration or enrolment number and date of birth. Do not wait till the last day. The exam is four days after the release, and a wrong detail on the card needs time to fix.

Allahabad HC Private Secretary Admit Card 2026 at a glance

What the 13 November notice says

The notice is one page, signed by Registrar General Manjeet Singh Sheoran, and it does only one job. It tells registered candidates that the Stage I examination is on 17 November 2026 and that the admit cards are live. It names the ten exam cities, gives the download link and the helpdesk number and email, and asks candidates to keep checking only the official website for further updates.

One line in it deserves attention. The original advertisement, issued on 12 March 2026, named the National Testing Agency as the conducting body. The 13 November notice says the examination will be conducted by Tata Consultancy Services. The notice is the later document, so TCS is the body running the exam now, and the admit card link in the notice points to the TCS portal. If you saved an old NTA link from March, do not use it.

The notice also carries a clear instruction for anyone who applied and paid the fee but has not received an admit card. Contact the helpdesk on 9986638901 or write to [email protected]. Raise it now, while there are still days before the exam, not on the morning of 17 November.

Stage I on 17 November, three parts in one shift

Stage I is a computer based test with three parts, all held in a single shift with a 15 minute gap between parts. Part A is General Studies: 100 multiple choice questions, 200 marks, 90 minutes, and no negative marking. The syllabus runs from general science and Indian history to current events, general aptitude, and elementary computer knowledge, with general English and general Hindi at graduation level and a section on Uttar Pradesh.

Part B is a computer knowledge test. You reproduce a passage of about 500 words from a judgment, in English, on the computer in the same format, within 15 minutes. It carries 100 marks and you need 50 to qualify. Part C is a subjective translation test: a passage of about 250 words, from shorthand to English, in 15 minutes, again 100 marks with 50 as the qualifying mark. Both Part B and Part C are qualifying in nature, so a low score there ends the attempt even if Part A goes well.

That shape matters for the last days of preparation. Part A decides your rank, but Parts B and C decide whether you stay in the race at all. If your typing speed is below 40 words a minute, or your shorthand is rusty, those two 15 minute parts are where the exam is won or lost. Practice them under time pressure rather than reading more General Studies notes.

How to download the admit card

Open allahabadhighcourt.in and find the Private Secretary Grade I admit card link. It takes you to the TCS portal. Enter your registration number or enrolment number, then your date of birth and the other details asked. Submit, and the admit card appears on screen. Download the PDF, save a copy on your phone, and print at least two copies on clean white paper.

Check that the photograph and signature are clear on the printout. A faded print can cause trouble at the gate even when the details are right. Keep one copy at home and carry the other to the centre with an original photo identity proof. The card itself carries your reporting time, centre address and exam day instructions, and those details override anything you read elsewhere.

If the link does not open on the first try, try again after some time rather than hunting for the card on other websites. Only the High Court site and the TCS link in its notice carry the real admit card, and a fake link can cost you the exam or your login details.

Check this the moment you download it

Read every line on the card before you put it away. Your name and photograph should match your application. The exam date should read 17 November 2026. The centre name and address should be complete, and the reporting time should be clear. The notice lists ten cities, so confirm which city your centre is in and sort out travel now if it is not your home town.

If anything is wrong, a misspelt name, a wrong photograph, a wrong date of birth, or no admit card at all after a completed application and fee payment, contact the helpdesk at once on 9986638901 or [email protected]. A correction has to come from the High Court, not from the staff at the gate on exam day.

What comes after Stage I

Stage I is only the first of three stages, and each one has to be qualified separately. Ten times the number of vacancies in each category, on merit in Stage I, go forward to Stage II, a shorthand dictation test. A passage of about 500 words in English is dictated in five minutes, and you transcribe it on the computer within 30 minutes. It carries 200 marks and the qualifying mark is 160.

Three times the vacancies in each category then go to Stage III, an interview of 75 marks. The final merit list uses the total of all three stages, 675 marks, and it holds good for one year or until the next selection, whichever is earlier. With 195 posts on offer in the Allahabad High Court Private Secretary recruitment, 81 of them unreserved, 52 OBC, 40 SC, 19 EWS and 3 ST, the Stage I cut will be steep. A safe score that clears the cut is enough for now. The shorthand test is where this recruitment is really decided.

Other hall tickets live this week include the Delhi High Court SPA admit card, with its typing test on 14 November, and the UKPSC PCS admit card, released on the same day as this one for the 29 November prelims. If shorthand work is your strength, the Orissa High Court Junior Stenographer recruitment is a separate opening with 33 seats. All three posts sit on the site's latest admit cards page.

Sources & verification: High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Public Notice dated 13 November 2026, Advt No. 01/Private Secretary Grade I/2026, read in full on allahabadhighcourt.in (admit cards live, Stage I on 17 November 2026, ten exam cities, TCS as conducting body, download link and helpdesk). High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Detailed Advertisement, Advt No. 01/Private Secretary Grade I/2026 dated 12 March 2026, read in full on allahabadhighcourt.in (195 posts, category split, Level 10 pay, fee, age 21 to 35 as on 1 July 2026, Stage I, II and III pattern and marks).