KPSC Audit Officer Recruitment 2026 - Apply Online for 15 Posts

Note: A tentative list of dates for examinations and results connected with these posts is published for candidates' information on the Commission's website. Candidates facing technical difficulties while applying should contact the helpline: 080-30574957 / 30574901 / 22356487 / 22200090 . Requests for extension of the last date for application submission or fee payment due to technical error/delay will not be entertained.

13 Regular Posts 02 Backlog Posts 15 Total Posts Note: *B, LV – Blind, Low Vision. Note: #Hearing impairment/locomotor disability or old-age arthritis. The disability categories identified for these posts (per Government of Karnataka Notification No. WCD 118 PHP 2020) are: (a) Blindness & Low Vision, (b) Deaf & Hard of Hearing, (c) Locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy, (d) Autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness, (e) Multiple disabilities from among (a) to (d), including deaf-blindness. Category abbreviations: GM – General Merit, SC – Scheduled Caste, ST – Scheduled Tribe, Cat-1/2A/2B/3A/3B – reservation categories, Ex-MP – Ex-Military Person, Rural – Rural Candidate, KMS – Kannada Medium Student, PH – Physically Handicapped, RPC – Residual Parent Cadre, TG – Transgender

Audit Officer – Regular, 13 Posts

Audit Officer – Backlog, 2 Posts

Candidates who have appeared for an examination whose passing would render them educationally qualified for the Preliminary Examination, but whose results have not yet been declared, are also eligible for admission to the Preliminary Examination. However, all candidates declared qualified for the Main Examination must produce proof of passing the requisite qualifying examination along with their Main Examination application, failing which they will not be admitted to the Main Examination.

Per Government of Karnataka Order No. ಸಿಆಸು 262 ಸೇನನಿ 2025 dated 29-01-2026, a one-time 5-year upper-age relaxation has been sanctioned and applied to the vacancies in this notification: Note: Candidates must not exceed the maximum age limit applicable to their category as on the prescribed closing date of application. Additional relaxation beyond the above applies for: Ex-servicemen (military service years plus 3 years, up to a maximum of 3 years' service credited), Physically Handicapped candidates (10 years), and Widows (10 years, subject to producing a certificate of widowhood and non-remarriage from the competent authority).

Standard Age Limit (as per Karnataka Gazetted Probationers Rules 1997)

One-Time Age Relaxation (Applied to This Notification)

Fee can be paid via net banking, debit card, credit card, or UPI. Once paid, the fee is not refundable under any circumstances, nor can it be adjusted toward any other examination or recruitment conducted by the Commission. Applications without fee payment will be rejected. Fee payment is not possible after the prescribed closing date/time; Demand Drafts, Postal Orders, and Money Orders are not accepted.

Selection follows the two-stage process prescribed under Section-1 of Schedule-2 of the Karnataka State Public Services (Recruitment) Rules, 2011: a Preliminary Examination (objective, used to screen candidates for the Main Examination) followed by a Main Examination (written, descriptive), conducted for Group 'B' posts of the Karnataka State Accounts Inspection and Accounts Department. Question papers are set in both Kannada and English. Preliminary exam marks are used only for ranking/shortlisting for the Main Examination and are not added to the final merit. Candidates are admitted to the Main Examination based on the marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination, in the ratio of 1:20 against the number of vacancies notified for each post. Preliminary Exam question papers are set in both Kannada and English; a candidate must secure minimum qualifying marks (30% and 35% respectively, c

Section A – Preliminary Examination (Objective Type)

Section B – Main Examination (Written/Descriptive)

Category/reservation certificate (as applicable) – per the prescribed Annexure formats (SC/ST/Category-1: Annexure-D; Category-2A: Annexure-E; Categories 2B/3A/3B: Annexure-F) Rural candidate certificate, where reservation is claimed (Annexure-1 or Annexure-2, as applicable) Kannada Medium of Instruction certificate, where reservation is claimed Hyderabad-Karnataka (Article 371-J) local-candidate eligibility certificate Physically Handicapped reservation certificate, where applicable (Certificate for the Persons with Disabilities format) Ex-Servicemen reservation certificate, where applicable Certificate of physical disability restricted to writing ability, along with a scribe undertaking, where a scribe is sought (Annexure-3 & Annexure-4) Transgender candidate reservation certificate, where applicable Photo ID proof (Voter ID/Aadhaar card/Driving Licence/Passport/Government service ID)

This recruitment is restricted to candidates eligible under the Karnataka Public Employment (Reservation to Hyderabad-Karnataka Region) (Recruitment) Rules, 2013 – enacted under Article 371(J) of the Constitution. Candidates must possess mental and physical fitness adequate to efficiently discharge the duties of the post, and must be free of any physical defect likely to interfere with such discharge. A married man with a living spouse who has married again, and a woman who has married a man with a living spouse, without obtaining prior Government exemption, are not eligible for appointment. Persons dismissed from Central, Karnataka, or another State's service, or debarred by any Public Service Commission's examination or recruitment, are not eligible. The examination centre for the competitive examination will be at a centre location decided by the Commission; question papers for the co