Patna High Court

Patna High Court recruits staff and judicial officers through separate advertisements, and each one has its own posts, eligibility, pay and exam pattern. In 2026 the court has advertised Technical Assistant, Computer Operator-cum-Typist and District Judge (Entry Level) posts. This page puts the important details of all three in one place, so you can see which recruitment suits you and where it stands today.

Everything below is taken from the court's own advertisements and notices. Where a detail could only be confirmed from secondary reports, it is marked as reported. Always check the official website before you apply or pay a fee.

Table of contents

• Patna High Court recruitment 2026 at a glance

• Where each recruitment stands

• Important dates

• Vacancy details

• Eligibility criteria

• Application fee and how to apply

• Selection process and exam pattern

• Syllabus in brief

• Salary

• Cut-off and qualifying marks

• Other recruitments

• How to prepare

Patna High Court recruitment 2026 at a glance

The first two are staff posts in the court's establishment. The District Judge post is a judicial service recruitment for practising advocates. The three tracks do not share eligibility or syllabus, so read only the one you are targeting.

Where each recruitment stands

As of 8 October 2026, the position is as follows.

• Technical Assistant: Applications ran from 1 to 30 April 2026. The court said the exam would be notified later, and no exam date has been announced yet.

• Computer Operator-cum-Typist: The computer-based test was held on 22 July 2026 in two shifts at 18 centres in Patna and Muzaffarpur. A provisional key was released on 29 July, objections were invited until 6 August, and on 19 August 2026 the court declared all objections invalid and made the provisional key final. The result had not appeared on the recruitments page at the time of writing.

• District Judge (Entry Level): The application window was extended to 25 May 2026. By a notice of 17 July 2026 the portal was reopened from 21 to 28 July for corrections and fee payment. The screening test date has not been notified.

What this means for you: if you applied for Technical Assistant or District Judge, the exam is still ahead and you have time to prepare. If you wrote the Computer Operator-cum-Typist test, the next step is the result and then the typing tests.

Important dates

For the District Judge post, the advertisement is dated 30 March 2026, applications opened on 16 April 2026 and the extended last date was 25 May 2026, with a correction window from 21 to 28 July 2026.

Dates for stages that have not happened are tentative until the court publishes a notice.

Vacancy details

Technical Assistant: 53 posts

Two of these posts are for candidates with locomotor disability (4 per cent).

Computer Operator-cum-Typist: 48 posts

The advertisement lists 47 posts plus 1 backlog post for locomotor disability.

Women's reservation totals 15 posts, and 3 posts are reserved for locomotor disability.

District Judge (Entry Level)

Secondary reports mention 8 posts: 3 current vacancies, 4 backlog vacancies of 2023 and 1 backlog vacancy of 2021. Confirm the exact number in the official advertisement.

Eligibility criteria

Educational qualification

For Technical Assistant, preference is given to candidates with two years of Territorial Army service or an NCC "B" certificate.

Age limit (staff posts)

Age is counted as on 1 January 2026. The minimum age is 18 years.

Central or Bihar government employees get 5 years of relaxation, and candidates with locomotor disability get 10 years. Category relaxation is available to candidates with Bihar domicile. For the District Judge post, the reported age range is 35 to 50 years.

Application fee and how to apply

The concession fee applies to permanent residents of Bihar. Applications are made online through the official Patna High Court website.

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Selection process and exam pattern

Technical Assistant

The preliminary test, if the court holds it, has General Awareness 15, Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude 10, English 15 and Computer Applications 60 marks, with +1 for a correct answer and one-fourth negative marking. It is only a screen: ten times the vacancies are shortlisted and these marks do not count towards merit. The written test shortlists six times the vacancies, the trade test three times. Final merit is out of 330 marks (written 200, trade 100 and interview 30). Ties are broken by High Court work experience, then higher written marks, then older age.

Computer Operator-cum-Typist

Part A has English 15, Hindi 10, Computer Awareness 15 and Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude 10 marks, with no negative marking. The English typing test needs 40 words per minute (400 words) and the Hindi test 30 words per minute (300 words), in Remington Gail layout with Mangal font. Candidates are shortlisted three times the vacancies for the interview, and merit adds Parts A, B, C and the interview.

District Judge (Entry Level)

The court's stages are a screening test, a written examination and a viva voce. The screening test is reported to have 100 questions for 300 marks with +3 and -1 marking. The court's 2023 notice for the same cadre had two theory papers of 3 hours and 100 marks each, and a viva voce of 50 marks. Check the 2026 advertisement for the final scheme.

What this means for you: the Computer Operator-cum-Typist pattern is the newer 50-mark objective test with two separate typing tests. Some older pages online still show an earlier pattern, so rely on the 2026 advertisement.

Syllabus in brief

• Technical Assistant: Programming fundamentals, data structures, web technology and virtualization, computer networks, computer organization and architecture, and hardware installation and databases.

• Computer Operator-cum-Typist: English, Hindi grammar, computer awareness, reasoning and quantitative aptitude, plus typing.

• District Judge: Core laws such as the Constitution, CPC, BNSS, BSA, BNS, contract and property law, with English, general knowledge and computer knowledge in screening (reported).

Salary

These are basic pay scales. Allowances are extra and depend on current rules.

Cut-off and qualifying marks

Patna High Court sets minimum qualifying marks in its advertisements, such as 40 per cent in the objective stages. These are the minimum you must clear, not the marks that decide selection. Selection depends on merit among candidates who qualify, and the court has not published cut-off marks for the 2026 recruitments. Treat any cut-off figure you see online as an estimate until the court releases its own.

Other recruitments

The court also advertised an Ex-Cadre Assistant Recruitment Examination 2026 (PHC/03/2026). Its application link opened on 28 July 2026, the preliminary computer-based test admit card was released on 12 September, and the model answer notice came out on 22 September 2026. Around 68 posts were reported. Follow the recruitments page for the next stage.

How to prepare

1. Start with the advertisement. Note the stages, marks and qualifying percentages for your post.

2. Cover the syllabus topic by topic. Technical Assistant candidates should give most time to the technical subjects, since the written test carries 200 marks.

3. Practise typing daily. For Computer Operator-cum-Typist, accuracy of 90 per cent in English and 85 per cent in Hindi is mandatory, so speed alone is not enough.

4. Revise through timed tests. Practising under the same time limit shows weak areas early.

Always confirm dates and rules on the official Patna High Court recruitments page.