the cut-off and final selection list are out — released by the Bihar Technical Service Commission (BTSC) on 27 August 2026, about ten days ago. What’s still pending: the document verification schedule for selected candidates, which hasn’t been announced as of this week.
BTSC declared the result for Staff Nurse Recruitment under Advertisement No. 23/2025, covering 11,389 posts in the Health Department, Government of Bihar. The official notice — Letter No. 2737, dated 27 August 2026 — runs close to 300 pages and lists category-wise cut-off marks alongside the final selection numbers. One number in this result deserves attention before the cut-off table itself: only 7,376 candidates were selected against 11,389 advertised posts. That’s a gap of 4,013 unfilled seats, and understanding why that gap exists is arguably more useful than the cut-off figures alone.
Quick Facts
| Particular | Details |
|---|---|
| Recruiting Body | Bihar Technical Service Commission (BTSC) |
| Advertisement No. | 23/2025 |
| Post | Staff Nurse, Health Department, Bihar |
| Total Advertised Posts | 11,389 |
| Total Selected | 7,376 |
| Seats Left Vacant | 4,013 |
| Result/Cutoff Notice | Letter No. 2737, dated 27.08.2026 |
| Exam Dates | 30, 31 July & 1, 3 August 2025 |
| Document Verification | Not yet announced |
| Official Website | btsc.bihar.gov.in |
Worth pausing on the exam-to-result gap here: the written exam was conducted in the last days of July and early August 2025, and the final result didn’t come out until late August 2026 — over a year later. If you sat this exam and had assumed the process moved faster, that gap is genuinely on the longer side even by state commission standards, and it’s useful context for understanding why the wait felt unusually long.
Category-Wise Cut-Off Marks
| Category | Cut-Off Marks |
|---|---|
| UR (General) | 44.5829 |
| UR – Women | 41.7052 |
| EWS (within UR) | 44.3077 |
| BC (Backward Class) | 33.4651 |
| WBC (Women Backward Class) | 29.4622 |
| SC | No cut-off applied |
| ST | No cut-off applied |
| EBC | No cut-off applied |
Why SC, ST, and EBC Show “No Cut-Off” — And What That Actually Means
This is the detail in this result that’s easy to misread, and it’s worth explaining properly rather than leaving it as a blank cell in a table. “No cut-off” here doesn’t mean the bar was set at zero, or that these categories had it easier than everyone else. It means the number of candidates who met the basic eligibility criteria and appeared for these categories was equal to or fewer than the number of vacancies allocated to them. When that happens, every eligible candidate gets selected by default — there’s no competitive ranking cutoff needed because there wasn’t a surplus of qualified candidates to rank against a limited number of seats.
Practically, this points to a shortage of qualifying candidates in the SC, ST, and EBC pools relative to how many seats were reserved for them in this recruitment — not unusually generous treatment. It’s also part of the explanation for the 4,013 unfilled seats overall: reserved-category vacancies that don’t have enough eligible candidates to fill them don’t automatically get reassigned to other categories in that same cycle: they often carry forward, which is exactly what happened with the PwD vacancies here.
The PwD Vacancy Situation
Out of 314 posts reserved for Persons with Disabilities, the overwhelming majority went unfilled. Available reporting on this result isn’t fully consistent on the exact number filled — one source states 301 of 314 PwD posts remained vacant (implying 13 filled), while another states only 16 were filled. Given this discrepancy, the safest thing to say with confidence is: somewhere between 13 and 16 of the 314 PwD-reserved posts were filled, and the large majority — around 298 to 301 — went unfilled. If the exact figure matters to you specifically, check the official 299-page result PDF on btsc.bihar.gov.in directly rather than relying on a secondary summary.
What happens to these unfilled PwD posts is confirmed, though: they’re carried forward to a future recruitment cycle and marked as unreserved for the time being, rather than being lost or left permanently vacant. This is a fairly standard mechanism in Bihar government recruitment when a reserved category can’t be filled due to a shortage of eligible applicants in that specific cycle.
Selection Numbers at a Glance
| Metric | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total Advertised Posts | 11,389 |
| Total Selected | 7,376 |
| Total Vacant | 4,013 |
| PwD Reserved Posts | 314 |
| PwD Posts Filled | 13–16 (source discrepancy — verify against official PDF) |
| PwD Posts Carried Forward | ~298–301 |
Tie-Breaking Rule
Where two candidates land on identical marks, BTSC’s stated rule is straightforward: the older candidate ranks higher. If you’re comparing your own marks against someone with an identical score, age is what separates your final rank, not any secondary subject-wise comparison.
What Happens Next
With the result and cut-off declared, the next stage for selected candidates is document verification, followed by department/institution allocation within the Health Department and, eventually, a medical fitness examination by an authorised government medical board before joining. As of this week, BTSC hasn’t announced a date for document verification — candidates should watch the official website directly rather than acting on any unofficial date circulating on social media or messaging groups, since none of the coverage around this result includes a confirmed schedule for this next step.
How to Check Your Result and Cut-Off
- Visit btsc.bihar.gov.in.
- Go to the “Latest Update” or Notice Board section on the homepage.
- Look for the result notification tied to Advertisement No. 23/2025, Staff Nurse.
- Open the PDF (a large file, running close to 300 pages) and search for your roll number rather than scrolling manually.
- Cross-check your category and marks against the category-wise cut-off table in this article, or directly against the official PDF.
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FAQs
Q1. My category shows “no cut-off” in the result. Does that mean I’m automatically selected?
Not automatically — it means every eligible candidate who appeared in that category (SC, ST, or EBC) was selected because the number of qualifying candidates didn’t exceed the available seats. If you met the basic eligibility criteria and appeared for the exam under one of these categories, check your name directly against the selection list to confirm.
Q2. Why were over 4,000 posts left unfilled despite 11,389 being advertised?
A combination of factors: a shortage of eligible candidates in categories like SC, ST, and EBC relative to their reserved seats, and a very low fill rate in the PwD category (only about 13–16 of 314 reserved posts filled). Categories without enough qualifying candidates don’t get automatically backfilled from other pools in the same cycle.
Q3. What happens to the unfilled PwD posts?
They’re carried forward to a future recruitment cycle and reclassified as unreserved for now, rather than being cancelled or left permanently vacant.
Q4. When will document verification happen for selected candidates?
Not yet announced as of the first week of September 2026. Check btsc.bihar.gov.in directly for the official schedule once it’s released.
Q5. Two candidates have the exact same marks. How does BTSC decide who ranks higher?
The older candidate is placed higher in the merit list, per BTSC’s stated tie-breaking rule for this recruitment.
Disclaimer: Cut-off figures, selection numbers, and dates above are drawn from BTSC’s official result notice (Letter No. 2737, dated 27 August 2026) for Advertisement No. 23/2025. The exact number of PwD posts filled shows a discrepancy across available sources (13 vs. 16) and should be verified against the official PDF. The document verification date remains unannounced as of 6 September 2026 — check the official source for updates: btsc.bihar.gov.in.
