UPPSC RO ARO Recruitment 2026: 501 Posts, Apply by 26 Nov

UPPSC RO ARO Recruitment 2026 has 501 posts open for Samiksha Adhikari and Sahayak Samiksha Adhikari, the Review Officer and Assistant Review Officer posts in the Uttar Pradesh government. The form runs from 26 October to 26 November 2026 on uppsc.up.nic.in, and the fee deadline is the same day. The prelims fee is Rs 125 for most candidates. The age limit is 21 to 40 years on 1 July 2026.

The exam is the Samiksha Adhikari/Sahayak Samiksha Adhikari Etc. (General/Special Recruitment) Examination 2026, under Advertisement A-4/E-1/2026 dated 26 October 2026. Most posts sit in the U.P. Secretariat, 420 of the 501, and the rest are spread across the Advocate General office, the Commission itself and the Board of Revenue.

The count can still change. UPPSC may add posts of a similar nature requisitioned before the prelims result, so 501 is the count today, not a promise.

UPPSC RO ARO Recruitment 2026 at a glance

Where the 501 posts sit

Sahayak Samiksha Adhikari is the big post here, 329 of the 501. Samiksha Adhikari has 131. The account posts add 37, with 31 RO (Account) under general recruitment and 6 ARO (Account) under special recruitment. Four single seats in the Commission office complete the list.

By category, the split is UR 246, SC 108, ST 6, OBC 97, EWS 44. Those five add to 501. Inside those totals, horizontal reservation covers women (97 seats), ex-servicemen (23), persons with disabilities (16), dependents of freedom fighters (7) and outstanding sportspersons (5).

The U.P. Secretariat takes 420 of the 501 posts. The Advocate General office has 45, the Commission has 28 and the Board of Revenue has 8.

Sort out OTR first, then touch the form

The form will not open without an OTR number. UPPSC runs an OTR based application, and the notification tells candidates to get the number from otr.pariksha.nic.in at least 72 hours before they submit the form. Leave it to the last day and the window closes on you. The OTR number is the only registration number for the application, and personal details flow into the form from OTR, so the candidate fills only the qualification and preferential qualification parts.

Applying has four stages. First, authenticate with the OTR number through an OTP or the OTR password. Second, fill the form details in the applicant dashboard.

Third, pay the fee through SBI MOPS by net banking, card or other modes. Fourth, submit and take a print of the completed form.

The notification is blunt about one thing: no hard copy of the application goes to the Commission at the prelims stage. Keep the print safe and send documents only when UPPSC asks for them.

Who can apply

Any graduate can apply for Samiksha Adhikari. The notification asks for a Bachelor's degree from a university established by law in India, or an equivalent qualification, held by the last date of application. Candidates still appearing in the qualifying exam do not qualify.

Assistant Review Officer adds two conditions. The candidate needs an O Level certificate from DOEACC or an equivalent qualification, and a minimum speed of 25 words per minute in Hindi typewriting. English typing gets preference, but it does not replace the Hindi requirement. For the Commission office ARO posts, a Diploma in Computer Science from a recognised institute works in place of the O Level certificate.

The typing condition is the filter most graduates miss. A degree alone does not clear it.

The account posts need a B.Com with Accountancy plus the O Level certificate in Computer Application. The four single seat posts need only a Bachelor's degree, with preferential qualifications listed in the notification, such as a hotel management diploma for Manager and a cookery or bakery course for Care-Taker.

Two preferences can tip a tie. The notification gives preference, other things being equal, to candidates who served two years in the Territorial Army or hold an NCC 'B' certificate. It also gives weightage in the mains to research scholars of the Chief Minister Fellowship Programme who completed their tenure: 2 marks for one year, 4 for two years and 6 for three years or more. Neither preference replaces the degree or the typing requirement.

Age is 21 to 40 years on 1 July 2026. That means a birth date between 2 July 1986 and 1 July 2005. UPPSC takes the date of birth only from the High School certificate.

The upper limit stretches by 5 years for SC, ST, OBC candidates of U.P., for skilled players of classified games and for State Government employees, taking the limit to 45. Persons with disabilities of U.P. get 15 years, taking the limit to 55. Ex-Army personnel get 3 years plus the period of Army service.

Only one age relaxation applies if a candidate qualifies for more than one. Reservation and age relaxation belong only to permanent residents of U.P. If your birthday sits near either cut off, work out your exact age on 1 July 2026 before you pay. The site's age calculator does that in seconds.

Prelims only opens the door

The prelims is one objective paper of 200 questions, 140 on General Studies and 60 on General Hindi, worth 200 marks in 3 hours. Every question carries 1 mark.

A wrong answer loses one third of a mark (0.33). A blank answer loses nothing. Marking more than one answer counts as a wrong answer.

Mains has four conventional papers of 200 marks each, 3 hours each. General Studies I and General Studies II carry 20 questions each, 10 short answers of 8 marks with a 75 word limit and 10 long answers of 12 marks with a 125 word limit. General Hindi and Drafting has 8 questions with internal options. Hindi Essay has two essays, one of 80 marks with an 800 word limit and one of 120 marks with a 1200 word limit.

The final selection rests on mains marks alone. Prelims marks decide who writes mains and nothing more. That matters for preparation: a safe prelims score is enough, and the real contest starts in mains.

The qualifying standard is 35 percent for SC and ST candidates and 40 percent for everyone else, in both prelims and mains. UPPSC has not announced the prelims date. The e-admit card will carry the date and the centre.

The fee comes twice

The prelims fee is Rs 125 for UR, EWS, OBC candidates, Rs 65 for SC and ST candidates and for ex-servicemen, and Rs 25 for persons with disabilities. The fee has two parts: an exam fee and a Rs 25 online processing fee.

For the mains, the fee rises to Rs 225 for most candidates, including candidates of other states, Rs 105 for SC and ST candidates of U.P. and for ex-Army personnel, and Rs 25 processing fee only for persons with disabilities. Only prelims qualified candidates pay the mains fee, and they fill a separate application form for mains, against the same roll number allotted for prelims.

How to apply on uppsc.up.nic.in

Apply on uppsc.up.nic.in, after OTR on otr.pariksha.nic.in. Get the OTR number at least 72 hours before the last date. Open the All Notifications/Advertisements section, pick Advertisement A-4/E-1/2026, authenticate with the OTR number, fill the qualification details, pay the fee through SBI MOPS and submit before 26 November 2026.

The notification sets the correction window till 3 December 2026 for changes to the submitted form and for fee reconciliation. The form needs a scanned photograph and signature, and if your photo or signature file is the wrong size for the form, the site's exam photo resizer fixes it in a minute.

Treat 23 November as your real deadline if you still need an OTR number, since the number must come at least 72 hours before you submit. Other state recruitments open this month include the APPSC Group 2 exam with 686 posts and a 30 November deadline.

Sources & verification: Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission, Advertisement A-4/E-1/2026 dated 26 October 2026, read in full 6 November 2026. The advertisement is published on uppsc.up.nic.in, where it is listed as a live advertisement till 3 December 2026.

All figures in this article come from that notification: the vacancy tables on page 2, the fee in sections 2 and 10, the age limit on page 3, the exam plan in Appendix 2 and Appendix 3, and the dates on page 1. Apply only through uppsc.up.nic.in.