At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- OT Technician vacancies are fixed in the health directorate's own proposal The board's notice records only that the Director, Health Services proposed filling vacant OT Technician posts, under letters स्था.अवि./34/2024/955 dated 24 September 2024 and स्था.अवि./34/2024/1299 dated 4 November 2024 and the Deputy Director's letter ESTB-101(3)/30/2026-DHS 310 dated 29 May 2026; it prints no number, so none is asserted here.
- Education
- 12th · ITI / Diploma The educational and technical qualification for these OT Technician posts is fixed by the Directorate of Health Services, Chhattisgarh in its departmental advertisement; the board's application notice carries only the examination schedule.
- Age
- The age band for these OT Technician posts is fixed by the Directorate of Health Services, Chhattisgarh in its departmental advertisement; the board's application notice carries only the examination schedule. Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- The examination fee is paid online with the application. Chhattisgarh's General Administration Department order F 10-2/2022/एक(1) dated 8 April 2022 exempts the state's local-resident participants from the fee for board examinations, and order RULE-8/2/2024-GAD-1 dated 21 April 2025 defines that exempt 'participant' as a candidate who actually appears, so the board refunds the fee to those candidates into the bank account used for payment (board notice 2431). Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- Pay for the OT Technician post is fixed by the Directorate of Health Services in its departmental advertisement; the board's notice does not state it. Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- 2026 State · Chhattisgarh
Vacancies & reservation
What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.
Category table not available here
Check the latest official notice for the post- and category-wise distribution.
How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.
Complete timeline
One record from notification to final outcome.
- completed
Online applications opened
10 Jun 2026
- completed
Application deadline
3 Jul 2026, 5 pm
- completed
Correction window closed
4–6 Jul 2026
- scheduled
Admit card
24 Aug 2026 · probable date
- scheduled
Written examination
30 Aug 2026, 10:00–12:15 · probable date
Held at Raipur
Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- The examination is conducted on the proposal of the Director, Health Services, Chhattisgarh, which fixes eligibility, reservation and the vacancy position (board notice 2431).
- A candidate must hold a current profile registration on the board's portal before submitting an online application.
- The board's standing regulation on the use of unfair means and its scribe guidelines for divyang candidates apply to this examination.
Relaxations & certificates
- SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
- Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
Selection process & syllabus
Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.
Selection stages
- 1Online application on the board's portal after profile registration
- 2Written recruitment examination of 2 hours 15 minutes at Raipur
- 3Model answers, an online claim and objection window and a final answer key
- 4Result declared by the board, with document verification and appointment by the Directorate of Health Services
Syllabus snapshot
- Use the syllabus published with the health directorate's departmental advertisement on the board's HOTT26 page
Application document checklist
Prepare before the portal gets busy.
Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature
Government photo ID with the same name used in the application
Education certificates and marksheets
Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed
Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it
Official links & source record
Go straight to the recruiting body.
- Primary source
- CGSSB notice 2431 for the OT Technician recruitment examination
- Published / changed
- Board notice 2431; applications open 10 Jun – 3 Jul 2026, probable exam date 30 Aug 2026
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 21:05 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.