AP High Court Field Assistant Syllabus, Exam Pattern

A 90 minute computer based test at degree standard, multiple choice. Minimum marks: 40% OC and EWS, 35% BC, 30% SC, ST and persons with disabilities.

The GK part covers Indian art and culture, history and the freedom movement, geography, agriculture and environment, economy, polity, general science, awards, sports, and current affairs of India and Andhra Pradesh. The English part has comprehension, error spotting, cloze test, para jumbles, sentence completion, synonyms and antonyms, idioms and one word substitution.

• Qualification: a bachelor's degree from a recognised university. The notification asks for no computer or typing qualification.
• Age: 18 to 42 on 1 July 2025. Five extra years for SC, ST, BC and EWS, ten for persons with benchmark disabilities, and the usual rule for ex-servicemen. Serving contract, outsourcing and daily-wage staff of the courts are also relaxed, if they were within the age limit when first engaged.
• Language: working knowledge of a language of the district you pick. It is Telugu almost everywhere, Telugu and Kannada in Ananthapuram, Telugu and Tamil in Chittoor, and Telugu and Oriya in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram.
• Local status: each judicial district is a separate cadre. 80% of its posts go to locals and 20% are open to all. Local status is proved with study certificates for classes 7 to 10, or a Tahsildar's residence certificate.

Only the CBT counts, and the merit list follows its marks. Equal marks are settled by age, then by higher qualification. Contract and daily-wage court staff earn one extra mark per six months of service, to a maximum of 20.

Rs 25,220–80,910 for Field Assistant, from the 2025 notification.

Application was online only, on the High Court site and the district court sites, from 13 May to 2 June 2025. The fee was Rs 800 for OC, EWS and BC and Rs 400 for SC, ST and persons with benchmark disabilities of an A.P. recognised community. You pay once for each post and district, and it isn't refunded. OBC certificates were not accepted, BC claims needed a non-creamy-layer certificate, and EWS needed a Tahsildar certificate showing income under Rs 8 lakh.

Document verification for the first list was 19 to 23 January 2026. It was held again for later lists, the latest slot being 3 to 14 July 2026.

Hall tickets for the 20 to 24 August 2025 test were released on 13 August 2025 from the High Court recruitment page.

Provisional selection lists for Field Assistant: 31 December 2025, 8 April 2026 and 25 June 2026. A separate list on 9 April 2026 covered meritorious sportspersons.

No cut-off marks have been published for this post. The court states only the minimum qualifying percentages.

English and GK carry equal marks, so don't skip either. Take timed CBT mocks, and read the Andhra Pradesh section of a current affairs digest.

• Recruitment notifications, High Court of A.P.
• Notification No.4/2025-RC, Field Assistant
• Third list of provisionally selected Field Assistants, 25 June 2026
• aphc.gov.in

What is the qualification for Field Assistant?

A bachelor's degree from a recognised university.

What is the pay?

The scale is Rs 25,220–80,910.

Is there a skill test?

No. Selection is by the computer based test.

When was the last notification?

6 May 2025, as Notification No.4/2025-RC.