DSSSB Court Recruitment 2026: 641 Posts, Last Date 4 Nov

DSSSB Court Recruitment 2026 covers 641 posts in the Delhi District Courts and Family Courts under Advertisement No. 04/2026 on dsssb.delhi.gov.in. The Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) issued the notice, F.No.1 (452)/P&P/DSSSB/2026/Advt./5114, dated 30 September 2026. Online applications open on 6 October 2026 and close on 4 November 2026 at 11:00 PM. The jobs suit Indian citizens who are 10th pass, or graduates with typing or shorthand skills.

The notice lists 641 vacancies across five posts: Senior Personal Assistant, Personal Assistant, Junior Judicial Assistant, Process Server and Peon/Orderly/Dak Peon. A full post-wise and category-wise breakdown follows. The posts are in the District & Sessions Courts and the Family Courts of Delhi. Candidates should check all details in the article below.

Information verified from the official DSSSB notification, Advertisement No. 04/2026 (F.No.1 (452)/P&P/DSSSB/2026/Advt./5114) dated 30 September 2026. Last verified: 1 October 2026.

DSSSB Court Recruitment 2026 fills 641 posts in the Delhi District Courts through Advertisement No. 04/2026. The last date to apply online is 4 November 2026 at 11:00 PM on dsssbonline.nic.in. Selection is through MCQ, descriptive and skill tests, a driving test or an interview, depending on the post.

Quick Summary of DSSSB Combined Examination 2026

About DSSSB and the Delhi District Courts

The Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board is the selection board of the Government of NCT of Delhi. It runs exams for posts in user departments and sends shortlists to them. For DSSSB Court Recruitment, it acts for the Delhi District Courts.

DSSSB conducts the MCQ, descriptive and shorthand or typing tests. The Delhi District Courts conduct the driving test and interviews and prepare the final merit list.

The DSSSB office is at FC-18, Institutional Area, Karkardooma (near Railway Reservation Centre), Delhi-110092. The Controller of Exam can be reached on +91-011-22378382. Office hours are 09:30 AM to 06:00 PM on all working days.

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Local Context and How This Notice Compares

All five posts in DSSSB Court Recruitment lead to a posting in the Delhi courts. Candidates from other states can apply, since the nationality condition asks only for Indian citizenship. DSSSB will hold exams at centres in Delhi/NCR or other states.

The OBC rule is the main local condition. A candidate with an OBC certificate from outside Delhi must read the Delhi rules in the Eligibility section before choosing a category. Other openings in the capital appear under latest jobs across India.

The Delhi District Courts at Tis Hazari hold the interviews for Senior PA, PA and Junior Judicial Assistant in this recruitment. The Process Server and Peon interviews are held by the office of the Principal District & Sessions Judge (HQs). Candidates from outside Delhi should expect at least one trip to Delhi after the written stage.

Senior PA and PA are Group B (Non-Gazetted) posts. The other three are Group C. The Process Server and Peon papers carry a Hindi section. The Senior PA, PA and Junior Judicial Assistant papers are in English only.

This is added context, not part of the official notification. Confirm with the hiring office.

Important Dates of DSSSB Court Recruitment 2026

The notice sets one application window for all five posts in DSSSB Combined Examination 2026. Dates for the exams and interviews will be announced later on the DSSSB and Delhi District Courts websites.

The DSSSB Court Recruitment application link is disabled after 11:00 PM on 4 November 2026. DSSSB asks candidates to apply early, because the portal slows down in the last days.

Vacancy Details and Salary

DSSSB Court Recruitment lists 641 vacancies, including backlog. The numbers are tentative and come from the indenting departments. They may rise or fall.

Across all posts, the category split is UR 217, OBC 176, SC 116, ST 75 and EWS 57. These include 54 PwBD and 41 ESM posts. MSP posts are 00.

Senior PA and Personal Assistant (Post Code 805/26)

Junior Judicial Assistant (Post Code 806/26)

Process Server (Post Code 807/26)

Peon/Orderly/Dak Peon (Post Code 808/26)

PwBD Split and Suitability

The notice names five PwBD categories. (a) is Blindness and Low Vision. (b) is Deaf and Hard of Hearing. (c) is Locomotor disability, including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victims, Spinal Deformity and Spinal Injury, and Muscular Dystrophy. Spinal cases must have no associated neurological or limb dysfunction. (d) is Autism, Intellectual Disability, Specific Learning Disability and Mental Illness. (e) is Multiple Disabilities from (a) to (d), including deaf-blindness.

• Senior PA (District Courts): 07 posts, all in (c). Suitable for OL, BL, LC, Dw, AAV and SD/SI without associated neurological/limb dysfunction. Categories (a), (b), (d) and (e) are not suitable.
• Personal Assistant (District Courts): 25 posts, all in (c), with the same suitability as Senior PA.
• Personal Assistant (Family Courts): 02 posts, all in (c), with the same suitability.
• Junior Judicial Assistant (District Courts): (a) 02, (b) 02, (c) 02, (d) and (e) 02. Suitable for B, LV, D, HH, OA, BA, OL, BL, OAL, CP, LC, Dw, AAV, SD/SI without associated neurological/limb dysfunction, MDy, ASD(M), SLD, MI and MD.
• Junior Judicial Assistant (Family Courts): (a) 01, (b) 01, (c) 00, (d) and (e) 00. The suitable list is the same, except MDy is not listed under (c) and ID is added under (d).
• Process Server (District Courts): (a) 00, (b) 01, (c) 02, (d) and (e) 01. Suitable for B, LV, D, HH, OA, BA, OL, CP, LC, Dw, AAV, SD/SI without associated neurological/limb dysfunction, ASD(M, MoD), ID, SLD, MI and MD.
• Process Server (Family Courts): 00 PwBD posts. The suitable list matches the District Courts post, with ASD(M) only under (d).
• Peon/Orderly/Dak Peon (District Courts): (a) 01, (b) 02, (c) 02, (d) and (e) 01. Suitable for B, LV, D, HH, OL, OAL, CP, LC, Dw, AAV, SD/SI without associated neurological/limb dysfunction, ASD(M), ID, SLD, MI and MD.
• Peon/Orderly/Dak Peon (Family Courts): 00 PwBD posts, with the same suitable list.

In DSSSB Court Recruitment, SC, ST, OBC, EWS, ESM and PwBD candidates who are selected on their own merit without relaxed standards count against unreserved posts. The reserved posts are filled separately from the remaining eligible candidates of these categories.

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Eligibility

Only OBC (Delhi) candidates, as notified by the Government of NCT of Delhi, get OBC reservation and age relaxation. OBC (Outside) candidates are treated as Un-reserved and must apply under the UR category.

Nationality and Age

For DSSSB Court Recruitment, candidates must be citizens of India as defined in the Constitution or under any law made by Parliament. They must be at least 18 years old and under 27 years on 1 June 2026. That means a date of birth from 2 June 1999 to 1 June 2008.

DSSSB accepts only the date of birth printed on the Matriculation or Secondary School certificate. Candidates can check their age on 1 June 2026 with the Age Calculator tool.

Qualification by Post

Desirable qualification is nil for all five posts. Experience is nil for all posts except Process Server, where the 2 years of driving experience sits inside the qualification. DSSSB checks qualification and experience as on the last date, 4 November 2026. Candidates without the required qualification on that date should not apply for this recruitment.

Category Certificates

OBC candidates need one of two certificates. The first is an OBC (Delhi) certificate from the Revenue Department of the Government of NCT of Delhi.

The second comes from a competent authority outside Delhi. It must rest on a Delhi OBC certificate of the father, siblings or real uncles (paternal side only). That relative must have lived in Delhi before 8 September 1993.

An OBC candidate also needs a Non-Creamy Layer certificate issued on or after 1 April 2026 and not later than 4 November 2026.

EWS candidates need an Income and Asset certificate valid for the financial year 2026-2027, based on income for 2025-2026. It must be issued on or before 4 November 2026. An EWS appointment stays provisional until the certificate is verified.

Only candidates with at least 40% of the relevant benchmark disability get PwBD reservation. Candidates with a limitation in writing get compensatory time, as per Government orders.

Age Relaxation

The user department’s Unified Recruitment Committee minutes dated 5 May 2026 say DDC Rules, 2012 (Rule 7) give no age relaxation to government employees with 3 years of service. Any age relaxation named in the recruitment rules of a post applies to that post in DSSSB Court Recruitment.

PwBD relaxation applies whether or not the post is reserved, if the post is identified as suitable. An ex-serviceman already in regular Group C or D employment under the Central or Delhi Government can still claim age relaxation for a higher post, He gets no ESM reservation.

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Selection Process of DSSSB Combined Examination 2026

Each post code in DSSSB Court Recruitment has its own combined exam. DSSSB runs the written and skill tests. The Delhi District Courts run the driving test and the interviews, and prepare the final merit list.

Senior PA and Personal Assistant (805/26)

• Tier-I has 90 MCQs: General English and Comprehension 50, General Knowledge including current affairs 20, General Intelligence 20. The paper is in English only.
• One shortlist is made for both posts, with up to 25 times the vacancies called for Tier-II.
• Tier-II has an essay of 250 words (30 marks), grammar (25 marks) and translation of 20 words (20 marks). Up to 10 times the vacancies are called for the skill test.
• Shortlisting and skill tests are held separately for Senior PA and PA.
• Final merit comes from the combined Tier-II and Tier-IV marks. The interview has no minimum qualifying marks.

Transcription is on a computer, with no extra time to read the passage. Each candidate gets two dictation and transcription tests, and the better result counts.

Junior Judicial Assistant (806/26)

• Tier-I has 120 MCQs: General English and Comprehension 60, General Knowledge including current affairs 30, General Intelligence 30. The paper is in English only.
• Up to 25 times the vacancies are called for Tier-II, and up to 10 times for the typing test.
• Tier-II has an essay of 300 words (50 marks), grammar (30 marks) and translation of 25 words (20 marks).
• Final merit comes from the combined Tier-II and Tier-IV marks. The interview has no minimum qualifying marks.

Process Server (807/26)

Peon/Orderly/Dak Peon (808/26)

• Both posts share the Tier-I paper: English 25, Hindi 25, General Knowledge including current affairs 25 and Arithmetic 25. The paper is bilingual in English and Hindi, except the language sections. PwD candidates get 160 minutes.
• Up to 15 times the vacancies are called for the Process Server driving test, and up to 10 times for the Peon interview.
• The office of the Principal District & Sessions Judge (HQs) holds the interviews. They have no minimum qualifying marks.
• Final merit comes from the combined Tier-I and interview marks. The Principal District & Sessions Judge (HQs) may change or drop any stage.

Rules for All Posts

• Each MCQ carries 1 mark, and each wrong answer costs 0.25 marks.
• Minimum qualifying marks in Tier-I and Tier-II are 50% for UR and EWS, and 45% for OBC (Delhi), SC, ST, PwBD and ESM.
• DSSSB normalises scores for multi-shift exams with the formula Xn = (S2/S1) × (X − Xav) + Yav, from its notice dated 11 July 2018 (Annexure-II).
• Draft answer keys appear on the DSSSB website. Candidates can raise objections online only, within the time DSSSB sets. There is no re-evaluation.
• If DSSSB drops a question, marks are prorated out of the maximum marks.
• Candidates with equal marks at a written stage all move to the next stage.
• In a final tie, the older candidate ranks higher. If birth dates match, the name that comes first in alphabetical order ranks higher.
• Delhi District Courts collect post and department preferences at the interview. A preference is final and cannot change later.

DSSSB and the Delhi District Courts can change the exam scheme for DSSSB Court Recruitment before the exam.

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Application Fee

The fee for DSSSB Court Recruitment is ₹100. Women, SC, ST, PwBD and Ex-Serviceman candidates pay no fee.

An ex-serviceman who took regular civil employment under the Central Government or GNCTD, or their autonomous or local bodies, after using ESM reservation does not get the fee concession.

Candidates must pay the DSSSB Court Recruitment fee only through SBI e-pay. DSSSB forfeits payments made by any other mode. The fee is not refunded in any case.

How to Apply for DSSSB Court Recruitment 2026

Candidates must apply online only. Applications by post, hand or email are rejected. Only one application per candidate is allowed.

1. Register once on the DSSSB OARS portal at dsssbonline.nic.in through “Click for New Registration”. Candidates already registered use their existing registration number and password.
2. Fill the registration form within the 30-minute session. Give a valid email ID and mobile number that are new to the portal, and verify them by OTP. One OTP is enough.
3. Enter name, gender and father’s name with care. These cannot be edited later. In the Class X roll number, use digits only and no leading zeros.
4. Upload a scan of a photo ID (PAN, Voter ID, Driving Licence or Passport) in JPG or JPEG, between 15 KB and 60 KB. The scan is not needed if the candidate gives an Aadhaar number.
5. Log in with the registration number and password between 6 October 2026 (from 12:00 Noon) and 4 November 2026 (till 11:00 PM). Fill in the online application for the post.
6. Upload a recent colour photograph with a plain white or off-white background, full face, front view and eyes open, and the signature. Blurred photos or signatures are rejected.
7. Pay the ₹100 fee through SBI e-pay, if it applies. Check the preview, submit the form and print it.

The form accepts no change or correction after submission, including change of category. Candidates must check every field first.

Documents to Keep Ready

• Photo ID scan or Aadhaar number
• Recent photograph and signature
• Matriculation or Secondary School certificate, for date of birth
• Graduation certificate and typing or shorthand proof, for the posts that need them
• LMV driving licence, for Process Server
• OBC (Delhi) certificate with Non-Creamy Layer certificate, EWS Income and Asset certificate, SC/ST, PwBD or ESM papers, as the category needs

In DSSSB Court Recruitment, DSSSB asks for copies of supporting documents only at the e-dossier stage. A candidate who misses the e-dossier upload window loses the candidature, with no second chance.

Important Links

Should You Apply?

In DSSSB Court Recruitment, graduates with shorthand of 100 or 110 words per minute can aim for Personal Assistant and Senior Personal Assistant. These carry the highest pay levels in the notice. Graduates who type at 40 words per minute but do not write shorthand fit Junior Judicial Assistant. 10th pass candidates fit Peon. Candidates with an LMV licence and 2 years of driving experience fit Process Server.

Competition is likely to be heavy for Peon and Junior Judicial Assistant, because their qualifications are easier to meet. Senior PA and PA candidates face a skill test with a fixed mistake limit, which narrows the field before the interview.

The main trade-off is the length of the process. Senior PA, PA and Junior Judicial Assistant each have four tiers, and the vacancy numbers are tentative. Candidates should apply for DSSSB Court Recruitment only through the official portal and never pay anyone for a government job. More government jobs in India are listed on the site.

This is added context, not part of the official notification. Confirm with the hiring office.

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FAQs

What is the last date to apply for DSSSB Court Recruitment 2026?

The last date is 4 November 2026, till 11:00 PM, on dsssbonline.nic.in. The application link opens on 6 October 2026 from 12:00 Noon. DSSSB disables the link after the closing time, so late applications cannot be filed.

Which post has the highest salary in the Delhi District Courts notice?

Senior Personal Assistant pays the most. It sits at Level 8 with a pay scale of ₹9,300 – ₹34,800 plus Grade Pay ₹4,800. Personal Assistant follows at Level 7 with Grade Pay ₹4,600.

Which posts in DSSSB Combined Examination 2026 have a skill test?

Senior PA and PA have a shorthand and typing test. Junior Judicial Assistant has a typing test at 40 words per minute. Process Server has a driving test in real traffic. Peon has an interview only.

Which post suits a graduate who does not know shorthand?

Junior Judicial Assistant needs a graduate degree and typing at 40 words per minute on computer, with no shorthand. It pays Level 5, with Grade Pay ₹2,800.

This is added context, not part of the official notification. Confirm with the hiring office.

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