Bihar Vidhan Sabha Recruitment 2026: 20 Posts, Apply 6 Dec

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Recruitment 2026 has opened 20 posts across two advertisements, and the form opens today, 7 November 2026, at 11 AM. Fifteen posts are for Junior Secretariat Assistant under Advertisement No. 01/2026, and five are for Office Attendant under Advertisement No. 02/2026. Applications close on 6 December 2026 on vidhansabha.bihar.gov.in. The two posts look similar on the surface. They ask for different qualifications, and they select candidates in completely different ways. The fee differs too, so read the one that fits you before you pay.

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Recruitment 2026 at a glance

This is the part most summaries skip, and it decides which post you should pick.

Junior Secretariat Assistant: a written exam, then a typing test

Junior Secretariat Assistant is a written exam first. The preliminary exam is an OMR based objective paper with 100 questions for 400 marks, four marks for each correct answer and one mark deducted for each wrong one. You get two hours. The paper splits into General Studies with 50 questions, General Science and Mathematics with 20, and Mental Ability and Logical Reasoning with 30. It runs in Hindi and English, and if the two versions disagree, the English one counts. The qualifying marks are 40 percent for general category, 36.5 percent for backward class, 34 percent for extremely backward class, and 32 percent for SC, ST, women and persons with disabilities.

Clearing the prelim only gets you to the typing test. You have to type at 30 words per minute in Hindi and 30 words per minute in English, ten minutes each, in Kruti Dev font, with a 1.5 percent error relaxation. The typing test is qualifying only. The final merit list comes from the prelim marks of candidates who clear typing. So a fast typist with a weak prelim score still loses to a slow typist with a strong one, as long as both clear 30 words per minute.

Office Attendant: an interview, unless 40,000 people apply

Office Attendant works the other way round. There is no written exam by default. Selection is a 100 mark interview, and the merit list is made on interview marks alone. The one exception is volume. If applications cross 40,000, the Sachivalaya may hold an OMR based preliminary exam first and call about ten times the vacancies for interview, from candidates who clear the fixed qualifying marks. With only five posts, that threshold means the interview only route is likely but not guaranteed.

Who can apply

Junior Secretariat Assistant needs Intermediate or equivalent from a board or council recognised by the state or central government. Office Attendant needs Matriculation or equivalent. Both posts need Indian citizenship, and the age is counted from the date of birth in the Matric certificate. The minimum age is 18 years as on 1 August 2026. The maximum is 37 years for general category men, 40 years for general category women and for backward class and extremely backward class candidates, and 42 years for SC and ST candidates. Bihar government servants get up to five years of relaxation if they have not already used five attempts. Persons with disabilities get ten years beyond the maximum, and ex-servicemen get three years plus their service period, provided their actual age is not more than 57 years on the date of application.

One rule catches people out. Reservation is only for permanent residents of Bihar. Candidates from other states get no reservation benefit and pay the general fee. Women get 35 percent horizontal reservation and EWS gets 10 percent where a vacancy exists, under Bihar government rules. The category split itself is small. Junior Secretariat Assistant has 7 unreserved, 2 EWS, 4 SC and 2 EBC posts, with 4 of the 15 reserved horizontally for women. Office Attendant has 1 unreserved, 1 ST, 1 EBC and 2 BC posts, with 3 of the 5 for women. The advertisements say the numbers may increase or decrease.

The fee depends on who you are

The fee follows the same split for both posts, at different amounts. For Junior Secretariat Assistant, EBC, BC, EWS and unreserved men of Bihar pay Rs 600, and so does every candidate from outside Bihar. Bihar SC and ST candidates, candidates with 40 percent or more disability, and all women who are permanent residents of Bihar pay Rs 150. For Office Attendant, the same groups pay Rs 400 and Rs 100. Payment is online only, by net banking, credit card or debit card, and it has to be done by 6 December 2026. Bank charges sit on top of the fee, and the fee is not refunded. One warning from the advertisement is worth reading twice. SC or ST candidates who pay the lower fee and then cannot produce the certificate may be declared ineligible, and the notice says such candidates may choose to pay the general fee to keep their candidature safe.

How to apply on vidhansabha.bihar.gov.in

Open vidhansabha.bihar.gov.in and pick the advertisement for the post you want, 01/2026 or 02/2026. Register with your own working mobile number and email ID, then fill the form and upload your educational certificates, reservation certificates, a recent photograph and your signature. Pay the fee online and submit before 6 December 2026. After submission, log in again and download the filled application from the dashboard, then print two copies. Check that the barcode and the application number appear on every page of the printout. Without either, the application is treated as incomplete and will not be accepted. Keep at least five extra copies of the photograph you uploaded, because the Sachivalaya asks for them later.

The photo and signature have to be clear scans in the size the portal asks for. If yours are too large, the exam photo resizer on this site can shrink them to the right size before you upload. Printed, typed or handwritten applications are not accepted, and every update about these advertisements will be published only on the official website, not in newspapers.

If you are tracking Bihar recruitments, the BPSC 71st Mains Result 2026 post on this site has the interview list for 3,185 candidates. And if Intermediate is your qualification, the 12th pass government jobs roundup on this site lists the other live routes open to Class 12 pass candidates right now.

Sources & verification: Bihar Vidhan Sabha Sachivalaya, Advertisement No. 01/2026 (Junior Secretariat Assistant) and Advertisement No. 02/2026 (Office Attendant). Post counts, pay, fee, age, exam pattern and selection are from the official advertisements, read as documents on 7 November 2026. The direct PDF on vidhansabha.bihar.gov.in timed out on fetch, so the advertisements were read from copies hosted on Testbook's CDN, and the application dates were cross-checked across Testbook, FreeJobAlert and GovtJobsAI, which all agree on 7 November 11 AM to 6 December 2026. Apply only on vidhansabha.bihar.gov.in.