DSSSB Delhi District Courts Combined Exam 2026

The Combined Examination, 2026 is the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board’s recruitment, on behalf of the Delhi District Courts, for five kinds of post in the District & Sessions Courts and the Family Courts of Delhi. It is advertised as Vacancy Notice / Advertisement No. 04/2026, with online applications open from 6 October 2026 (12.00 noon) to 4 November 2026 (11.00 pm) at dsssbonline.nic.in.

Posts. 641 vacancies in all, including backlog, which the Board calls tentative:

• Post code 805/26 — Senior Personal Assistant and Personal Assistant: 27 Senior Personal Assistant (pay level 8), 189 Personal Assistant in the District & Sessions Courts and 17 in the Family Courts (level 7) — 233.
• Post code 806/26 — Junior Judicial Assistant: 151 in the District & Sessions Courts and 23 in the Family Courts (level 5) — 174.
• Post code 807/26 — Process Server: 91 and 1 (level 4) — 92.
• Post code 808/26 — Peon/Orderly/Dak Peon: 139 and 3 (level 3) — 142.

Eligibility. Every post is open from 18 to 27 years of age, reckoned on 1 June 2026, with the Board’s relaxation in the upper limit of 5 years for SC and ST, 3 for OBC, 10 for PwBD (15 with SC/ST, 13 with OBC), and for ex-servicemen the period of military service plus 3 years, up to 55. The qualification depends on the post: a graduate with shorthand at 110 words a minute and typing at 40 for Senior Personal Assistant, and at 100 and 40 for Personal Assistant; a graduate with computer typing at 40 words a minute for Junior Judicial Assistant; matriculation or higher secondary with an LMV driving licence and two years’ unblemished driving experience for Process Server; and matriculation for Peon/Orderly/Dak Peon. The pay scales are ₹9,300–34,800 with grade pay ₹4,800 (Senior PA, Group B) and ₹4,600 (PA), and ₹5,200–20,200 with grade pay ₹2,800 (Junior Judicial Assistant), ₹2,400 (Process Server) and ₹2,000 (Peon), all Group C.

Fee. ₹100, paid online through SBI e-pay; women, SC, ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen candidates are exempt. The fee is not refunded.

Selection is in tiers, and differs by post. Every MCQ carries one mark and a wrong answer costs 0.25.

• Senior Personal Assistant and Personal Assistant — Tier I, an MCQ test in English only: 90 questions, 90 marks, 90 minutes (General English and comprehension 50, general knowledge including current affairs 20, general intelligence 20), used to shortlist up to 25 times the vacancies on one common list. Tier II, a descriptive English test of 75 marks in 90 minutes (essay of 250 words 30, grammar 25, translation of 20 words 20). Tier III, a qualifying skill test — a dictated passage of 550 words (Senior PA, 110 wpm) or 500 words (PA, 100 wpm) in five minutes, transcribed on a computer in forty, plus typing at 40 wpm. Tier IV, an interview of 10 marks conducted by the Delhi District Courts, which also draw the final merit list from Tier II and Tier IV together.
• Junior Judicial Assistant — Tier I of 120 MCQs, 120 marks, 120 minutes (English 60, general knowledge 30, general intelligence 30); Tier II, a descriptive English test of 100 marks in 120 minutes (essay of 300 words 50, grammar 30, and the rest); Tier III, a qualifying typing test at 40 wpm; Tier IV, an interview of 15 marks.
• Process Server — Tier I of 100 MCQs, 100 marks, 120 minutes (160 for PwD), bilingual except the language papers: English 25, Hindi 25, general knowledge 25, arithmetic 25; up to 15 times the vacancies go on to a qualifying driving test in real traffic; then an interview of 15 marks.
• Peon/Orderly/Dak Peon — the same 100-MCQ Tier I, then an interview of 15 marks for up to 10 times the vacancies; final selection on the two together.

The date of the examinations is to be announced on the websites of the Board and the Delhi District Courts. The advertisement is at dsssb.delhi.gov.in.