UPSSSC PET Notification 2026

UPSSSC PET 2026 Notification

UPSSSC released the PET 2026 notice under Advertisement No. 16-Exam/2026, dated 1 August 2026. Online registration opened in the first week of August 2026 (news reports give 3 August and 7 August as the opening date). The last date was first 1 September 2026, and on 1 September the Commission extended it to 7 September 2026 after candidates complained about OTP and website problems. The corrigendum said the fee, selection basis and other conditions stay the same.

About 35.42 lakh candidates registered for PET 2026, according to reports citing the Commission. For comparison, 25,31,996 registered for PET 2025.

Important dates (PET 2026)

Which jobs use PET

PET scores are used for UPSSSC Group B and C recruitments such as Lekhpal, VDO, Junior Assistant, Forest Guard, Secretariat Clerk, Agricultural Technical Assistant and others. Each of these posts has its own notification, vacancies and extra eligibility, and asks for a valid PET score.

Source: Careers360 News (deadline extended), CareerIndia (registration), Bhaskar English, Careers360 (application form), Careers360 News (revised dates), CareerIndia (revised schedule), CareerIndia (answer key), Careers360 News (PET 2025 scorecard). The official website upsssc.gov.in could not be opened from our research tool, so these facts are taken from news reports of the Commission's notices.