AP High Court Typist Copyist Syllabus, Exam Pattern

The CBT is only a screening test and isn't added to the skill test. Qualifying marks in each stage: 40% for OC and EWS, 35% for BC, 30% for SC, ST and persons with disabilities.

The CBT has General Knowledge (art and culture, history, geography, economy, polity, general science, awards, sports and current affairs of India and Andhra Pradesh) and General English (comprehension, error spotting, cloze test, para jumble, sentence completion, synonyms and antonyms, idioms, one word substitution). The Typist paper is at graduate standard and the Copyist paper at Intermediate standard.

• Typist (2025): a degree, the A.P. Government Technical Examination in English Typewriting at Higher Grade, and computer knowledge. Scale Rs 25,220–80,910.
• Copyist (2025): Intermediate and the same Typewriting Higher Grade; Lower Grade holders may be considered if Higher Grade candidates aren't available. Scale Rs 23,780–76,730.
• 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.

Qualify in the CBT, take the typing test, and the final merit list uses the typing marks only. Ties go to the older candidate. In the Copyist notification, serving court staff on contract or daily wages add one mark per year of service in the skill test, up to ten. Copyist candidates who cleared the CBT pay an extra Rs 800 (Rs 400 for SC, ST and persons with disabilities) to sit the skill test.

Typist: Rs 25,220–80,910. Copyist: Rs 23,780–76,730. (The 2021 High Court notification gave Rs 16,400–49,870 under the older 2015 scale.)

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.

The High Court's own 2021 round ran on a different timetable: applications 9 to 30 September 2021 and a skill test on 24 July 2022.

For the skill test, hall tickets were released on 6 February 2026 for the first date and 10 March 2026 for the new one, on the recruitment page.

Provisionally selected Typists (Notification 3/2025) and Copyists (Notification 6/2025) were notified on 20 August 2026.

No cut-off marks are published for either post. Only the qualifying percentages are fixed.

Clear the CBT without stress, then build typing speed and accuracy. Marks come from the typing test alone, and a cancelled first attempt in February 2026 shows the court can reschedule on short notice.

• Recruitment notifications, High Court of A.P.
• Notification No.3/2025-RC, Typist
• Notification No.6/2025-RC, Copyist
• Provisionally selected Typists, 20 August 2026
• Provisionally selected Copyists, 20 August 2026
• High Court Typist and Copyist notification, 9 September 2021

Is the Typist exam the same as the Copyist exam?

The CBT pattern is the same, but the qualification is not. Typist needs a degree, Copyist needs Intermediate.

Does CBT marks count in the final merit?

No. Final merit comes from the typing skill test.

What is the typing qualification?

The A.P. Government Technical Examination in English Typewriting, Higher Grade.

How many posts were there in the 2021 High Court round?

35 Typists and 39 Copyists.