UP Home Guard Bharti 2025: Recruitment Schedule, Eligibility and Selection
The Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment & Promotion Board is conducting UP Home Guard Bharti 2025 for 41,424 Home Guard posts. The recruitment brings together educational and age eligibility requirements, an online application process, and a selection sequence covering written, physical, document and medical assessment.
The cycle extends from the 2025 application period into examination and score-card dates in 2026. Candidates should distinguish the recruitment year from the dates of its later stages when checking notices and their individual recruitment records.
UP Home Guard Bharti 2025: Recruitment Schedule, Eligibility and Selection
The recruitment has separate requirements for entry eligibility, category-wise application fees and selection-stage assessments. Meeting the educational and age conditions is distinct from participating in the written examination and the subsequent physical, verification and medical stages.
Application, Examination and Score-Card Timeline
The notification was followed by the opening of online applications the next day, with the application window closing in December 2025. The written examination dates fall in April 2026, while the score-card date is listed in October 2026.
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Notification released | 17 November 2025 |
| Online applications opened | 18 November 2025 |
| Last date to apply online | 17 December 2025 |
| Examination dates | 25, 26 and 27 April 2026 |
| Score-card date | 24 October 2026 |
| Admit card released | 24 October 2026 |
The admit-card release and score-card date are separate entries, although both carry the same October date. Candidates should distinguish the document they are seeking rather than treating the two entries as interchangeable.
Educational Qualification and Age Eligibility
The educational requirement for the Home Guard post is 10th pass. Age eligibility uses a fixed calculation date, so the relevant reference is the prescribed cutoff rather than the application or examination date.
- The age limit is 18–30 years.
- Age must be calculated as on 1 July 2025.
- Age relaxation applies as per rules.
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The relaxation provision should be read alongside the standard age range. It does not establish one uniform extended age limit for every applicant.
Application Fees and Online Submission
The application fee differs by applicant category, and payment is through the online mode. The application instruction directs candidates to visit the official website to apply online; the fee category and submission method are therefore separate parts of the registration process.
| Applicant category | Application fee | Payment mode |
|---|---|---|
| General / OBC / EWS | Rs. 400/- | Online |
| SC / ST | Rs. 300/- | Online |
Selection Process and Assessment Sequence
The selection process begins with a written examination and then moves to physical assessment. Document verification and medical examination follow as distinct stages, so the written examination is not the entire recruitment assessment.
- Written Exam: The first stage in the selection sequence.
- Physical Measurement Test (PMT) and Physical Efficiency Test (PET): The physical assessment stage includes both measurement and efficiency testing.
- Document Verification: A separate verification stage after the physical tests.
- Medical Examination: The final listed stage of the selection process.
PMT and PET form part of the same listed physical stage but refer to different assessments. Candidates should keep that distinction clear when reviewing requirements for physical measurement and physical efficiency.