Supreme Court Personal Assistant Cut-off: Qualifying Marks and Trends
The Supreme Court Personal Assistant cut-off works differently from most recruitment exams. The Recruitment Cell of the Supreme Court of India does not publish a category-wise cut-off table. Instead, it fixes minimum qualifying marks for every stage, and candidates who clear all stages, including the interview, are empanelled in order of merit.
This page sets out the official qualifying marks from the last Personal Assistant notice (2024), what the 2025 results show, and how to set a realistic target for the next cycle. Treat past figures as a benchmark only, because the number of vacancies, applicants and the test format can change.
Official Qualifying Marks
These minimum marks come from Advertisement No. F.6/2024-SC (RC), dated 3 December 2024. They are the only official cut-off figures available for the post.
Stage | Maximum marks | General | Reserved (including PwD) |
|---|---|---|---|
Typing speed test | 10 | 5 | Not separately stated |
Shorthand (English) test | 100 | 50 | Not separately stated |
Objective written test | 100 | 50 | 45 |
Computer knowledge test | 10 | 5 | 4.5 |
Interview | 30 | 15 | 13.5 |
For reference, the 2026 Senior Personal Assistant notice uses these qualifying marks. They apply to Senior PA, not to the Personal Assistant post, but they show how the next PA notice may look.
Stage (2026 Senior PA notice) | Qualifying marks | Out of |
|---|---|---|
Objective test | 50 | 100 |
Shorthand test | 50 | 100 |
Typing test | 10 | 20 |
Interview | 15 | 30 |
What the Last Cycle Results Show
The official notices of the 2024 to 2025 cycle give this picture of how the field narrowed:
Stage (2025) | What the official notice shows |
|---|---|
Vacancies (2024 notice) | 43 (tentative) |
Typing test result (19 February 2025) | A long list of qualified candidates (the notice runs to dozens of pages) moved on to the next tests |
Consolidated result (13 August 2025) | Marks out of 100 (written), 10 (computer), 100 (shorthand) and 10 (typing), with a qualified or not qualified status for each candidate |
Lowest qualifying scores observed in the consolidated result | Some qualified candidates had exactly 50 out of 100 in the written test or in shorthand (observation, not an official cut-off) |
Interview (18 to 22 August 2025) | 134 candidates called |
Interview result | Marks out of 30; the lowest score on the list was 15 |
Panel (valid from 16 September 2025) | 126 candidates provisionally empanelled |
The scores of 50 match the official minimums. No category-wise closing marks were published for the Personal Assistant post.
What Affects Your Chances
Factor | How it affects the cut-off |
|---|---|
Vacancies | More posts mean a larger panel. The 2024 notice had 43 tentative PA posts, and the panel had 126 names. |
Shorthand accuracy | The shorthand test carries 100 marks and more than 5% mistakes means failure, so it is a stage where many otherwise strong candidates can fall short. |
Position in the panel | Appointment follows merit order as vacancies arise, so a higher rank gives a better chance within the panel's one-year validity. |
Format changes | If the next notice adopts the newer objective test used for Senior PA in 2026, with shortlisting in a 1:10 ratio, the effective written-test cut-off may rise above 50. |
How to Set Your Target
Cut-offs change every cycle with difficulty, vacancies and the number of applicants. Aim for a clear margin above the minimum, not a bare pass. These are practical targets, not official figures:
Stage | Official minimum (General) | Suggested safe target (indicative) |
|---|---|---|
Objective written test | 50 out of 100 | 70 or more |
Shorthand test | 50 out of 100 | 80 or more (up to 2% mistakes) |
Computer knowledge test | 5 out of 10 | 8 or more |
Typing test | 5 out of 10 | Steady 45 w.p.m. with under 2% mistakes |
Interview | 15 out of 30 | 20 or more |
If your written-test scores sit close to 50, focus your next few weeks on English and computer sections, where Testkart's section-wise analysis shows quick gains most clearly.
Official results and notices: https://www.sci.gov.in/recruitments/
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