HPPSC Medical Officer Recruitment 2026 Notification Out - Apply Online for 228 Posts

228 posts of Medical Officer (General Wing) (Job Trainee) are notified, with the following category-wise breakup (including backlog vacancies within several categories). The number of vacancies to be filled on the basis of this recruitment may increase or decrease. Reservation benefits are admissible only to Bonafide residents of Himachal Pradesh in the respective categories — reserved category candidates belonging to other States will be treated as General category, with no fee concession or reservation benefit.

Recognised Medical Qualification included in the First or Second Schedule, or Part-II of the Third Schedule (other than licentiate qualifications), to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. Holders of a qualification under Part-II of the Third Schedule must also fulfil the conditions in sub-section (3) of Section 13 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. Completion of compulsory rotating internship. Eligibility in terms of qualification and experience is reckoned as on the closing date for submission of the Online Recruitment Application. The onus of proving that a candidate has acquired the requisite qualification by the stipulated date lies on the candidate; no extra opportunity is given to produce certificates at the time of the Personality Test.

Candidates must be between 18 and 45 years of age, reckoned as on 01.01.2026. Age relaxation: A 5-year relaxation in the upper age limit is admissible only to Bonafide SC of HP / ST of HP / OBC of HP / WFF of HP / Persons with Disabilities of Himachal Pradesh, and only where a post is reserved for that category. For HP Government employees and Ex-Servicemen of HP, age relaxation is as per Government instructions issued from time to time. Only the date of birth recorded in the Matriculation/Secondary Examination Certificate (or equivalent) as on the date of application submission is accepted — no subsequent request for change of date of birth will be considered or granted under any circumstances.

Fee must be paid online via Debit Card, Credit Card, UPI, or any other online digital mode, on or before the closing date. Fee once paid will neither be refunded under any circumstance, nor held in reserve for any other examination or selection. Applications submitted without the prescribed fee/mode will be summarily rejected.

Selection is a two-stage process: a Screening Test/Subject Aptitude Test, followed by a Personality Test. Duration: 1 hour. Objective type Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), with negative marking. No candidate securing zero or negative marks in Paper-I forms part of the merit list. Both papers are conducted on the same day, in morning and evening sessions. Based on merit in Paper-I, answer sheets of Paper-II are evaluated for a limited number of candidates (20 times the vacancies advertised for up to 25 posts; 500 + 5 additional sheets per subsequent post for 26 and above). 0.25 marks (1/4th) deducted for each wrong answer. Multiple answers to a question are treated as wrong, with the same 0.25-mark penalty. An unanswered/blank question also attracts the same 0.25-mark penalty — candidates must mark option 'E' if they do not wish to attempt a question, to avoid this penalty. Carries 30 mar

Paper-I: Screening Test (CBT or Offline)

Paper-II: Subject Aptitude Test (SAT)

Minimum Qualifying Marks

Candidates already in Government service (regular service) will not be interviewed/allowed to appear for document verification unless they produce a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from their employer; contractual/casual/adhoc/daily-rated/work-charged employees do not need an NOC. Candidates must correctly mention their email ID and mobile number in the ORA for receiving alerts and messages related to the examination. No admit card will be sent by post — provisionally admitted candidates must download their e-admit card from the official website and paste a self-attested/Gazetted-Officer-attested passport-size photograph on it, failing which they will not be allowed to appear for the Written Examination. Disputes, if any, are subject to the jurisdiction of courts at Shimla. Entry into the examination venue will be closed 30 minutes before the scheduled commencement of the examination. Obj