UIDAI Assistant Section Officer Chandigarh Recruitment 2026

UIDAI Assistant Section Officer Recruitment 2026: Overview

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the body set up under the Aadhaar Act, 2016 to issue Aadhaar numbers and run Aadhaar authentication, wants an Assistant Section Officer for its Regional Office in Chandigarh. The circular comes from the Human Resource Division at UIDAI Head Office, New Delhi, and is listed on the UIDAI Career Portal as VC Id 19943.

This is a deputation opening on Foreign Service terms, not open recruitment. Only officers already in regular government, public-sector or autonomous-body service can apply. If you work in a Central ministry, a State or UT Government, a PSU or an autonomous organisation at a matching grade, this is your route into UIDAI for a fixed tenure.

UIDAI is running several deputation calls at once across its offices, so check the post name, VC Id and the Chandigarh location before you forward your papers. The office work leans on administration, establishment, HR, finance, procurement and e-governance, and the circular says experience in these areas will count in your favour.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Deputation only: The post is filled on deputation on Foreign Service terms; private-sector candidates cannot apply.
• Minimum government service: Only officers who have completed at least five years of government service may apply.
• Remaining service: You must have at least 3 years of service left before superannuation in your current organisation, counted on the last date of application.
• Tenure: The deputation runs for five years; your lending organisation may release you for a shorter spell under its own rules, but not less than three years.
• Pay protection: If your parent organisation follows a different pay or Dearness Allowance pattern, only your pay is protected, not the perquisites, as per the DoPT deputation guidelines of 17 June 2010.
• Service rules: Pay, allowances, joining time and travel follow the UIDAI staff regulations of 2020, and leave follows the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972.
• Medical cover: If you use CGHS in your parent office you can keep it; you also get UIDAI's own medical reimbursement scheme.
• Vacancy count: UIDAI may change the number of posts at any time. It can also withdraw the circular without giving reasons.
• Language versions: The circular is out in English and Hindi; if they differ, the English version is final.

Application Submission Notes

Fill the Annex I application form and hand it to your office. Your employer forwards it through the proper channel to Director (HR), UIDAI Regional Office, SCO 95-98, Ground and Second Floor, Sector 17-B, Chandigarh 160017, with the Annex II certificate, cadre clearance and attested APARs. Your parent office should forward it only if it can release you when you are selected. The vacancy page on the UIDAI Career Portal also carries an Apply Now button.