Hassan District Court Peon Recruitment 2026 - Apply Online for 48 Posts

Note: This recruitment is being conducted subject to the final outcome of Writ Petition Nos. 200448/2025, 17968/2025 & 3145/2023, currently pending before the Karnataka High Court.

Pay Scale: ₹27,000-650-29,600-725-32,500-800-35,700-900-39,300-1000-43,300-1125-46,675 plus other admissible allowances. Notes: * – For visually-impaired candidates. ** – Per Government Order No. SiAsu 179 SeNeNi 2020 dated 14-07-2021, classified as "Other" (third gender). The classification above is made per Government Order No. SiAsu 01 SeHiMa 2026 dated 27-02-2026. *** – SC Category-C (Women): one post is earmarked, within SC Category-C, for the 59 most-backward SC sub-castes on the reservation list; if no candidate from those 59 sub-castes is available, this post will be filled from other SC Category-C sub-caste candidates. Column abbreviations: KMS – Kannada Medium Student, Ex-SM – Ex-Serviceman, PH – Physically Handicapped, Proj. Displ. – Project Displaced.

Must have passed the SSLC (10th Standard) examination conducted by the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board, or an equivalent examination, within the prescribed closing date of application (or the current examination). Must be able to read and write the Kannada language.

Minimum age: 18 years , as on the prescribed closing date of application. Maximum age limit shown below already includes the one-time 5-year relaxation applicable to this notification. The one-time 5-year relaxation is per Government Order No. SiAsu 262 SeNeNi 2025 dated 29-01-2026, applicable to recruitment notifications issued between that order's date and 31-12-2027, for all reservation categories.

Fee is payable online via the State Bank Collect link on the court website, through Net Banking, Credit Card, Debit Card, or UPI. Demand Drafts, Postal Orders, and Money Orders are not accepted. Fee is not refundable under any circumstances once paid. Applications without fee payment will be rejected.

Recruitment follows the Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules and the Karnataka Subordinate Courts (Clerk and other posts) (Recruitment) Rules 1982, as amended in 2007 and 2021. There is no written examination. Candidates are called for an interview based on the marks obtained in their SSLC examination, in the ratio of 1:10 against the number of vacancies notified for each post/category (i.e., 10 candidates called per vacancy, ranked by SSLC marks). The interview assesses the candidate's efficiency and general knowledge, and carries 10 marks. Final selection is based on a combination of SSLC marks and interview performance, per the applicable recruitment rules. Selected candidates undergo a probation period of 2 years as per the Karnataka Civil Services (Probation Rules) 1977. During this period, candidates must pass the departmental examinations prescribed for the post, a

SC/ST candidates: caste certificate in Form 'D' Category-1 candidates: caste certificate in Form 'E' Category 2A/2B/3A/3B candidates: caste and income certificate in Form 'F', from the concerned Tahsildar Rural reservation: certificate in Form-2 from the concerned Education Officer, per Government Order No. SiAsu/53/SeNeNi/2007 dated 04-01-2008 (General-category rural candidates must also submit a Creamy Layer certificate in Form-1 alongside Form-2) Kannada Medium reservation: certificate as per Government Order No. SiAsu 71 SeNeNi 2001 dated 24-10-2002, confirming study in Kannada medium from Class 1 to Class 10 Physically Handicapped reservation: medical certificate from a district-level medical board, per the format in Government Order No. SiAsu/115/SeNeNi/2005 dated 19-11-2005 Project-Displaced reservation: certificate from the concerned Tahsildar, per Government Order No. SiAsu/44/S

Applicants must be Indian citizens. Where reservation categories have no eligible/available candidates, those posts will be filled from other reservation-category candidates; if SC/ST posts remain unfilled even then, they will be filled from General category candidates as per applicable rules. Candidates called for the eligibility test/interview must appear at their own expense; no travel allowance is payable. Selected candidates will be governed by the New Pension Scheme (NPS) or the pension scheme notified by the Government, as applicable. The notified vacancies are subject to change. Already-employed government servants selected for this post must submit a "No-Objection Certificate" from their current employer within 30 days of publication of the select list. The Court does not correspond with candidates on any matter; address changes must be communicated in writing. A candidate found