What is published
Nothing that we can reproduce as a cut-off. The Revenue Department notification of 2020 for Village Revenue Officer (Grade-II) said that the Government reserved the right to decide the cut-off marks, and that the answer key and each candidate's marks would be displayed on the website without a separate memorandum of marks. We did not find a published cut-off statement for that cycle on the CCLA or Revenue Department pages, and we have no official cut-off for the VRA at all. So this page carries no figure.
Why there is no 2026 number
As of 7 October 2026 neither the APPSC notifications list nor the CCLA notifications page showed a VRO or VRA notification. A cut-off belongs to a cycle: it is the last selected candidate's score for a given district and category after a given paper. With no cycle open, there is no cut-off, and vacancy or cut-off figures that circulate on other websites could not be found on any official page. We do not estimate a cut-off, because an estimate would look like data.
The 2020 rules that will matter again
Three rules in the 2020 notification decided who was selected once the marks were out.
| Rule in 2020 | What it meant |
|---|---|
| Cut-off marks | Decided by the Government; not fixed in the notification |
| Unit of appointment | The district; selection by a District Selection Committee, appointment by the District Collector |
| Tie-break | Older candidate first; if still tied, the earlier date of the qualifying certificate |
The tie-break rule is worth a second look. Two candidates with the same marks are separated by age, and only then by when they obtained the qualifying certificate. Nothing else, such as Part B marks or a draw of lots, was named. If a new notification keeps this rule, every mark counts, because you cannot rely on a secondary score to lift you past a tie.
Arithmetic from the marking scheme
This is arithmetic, not a cut-off. In 2020 each correct answer scored one mark and each wrong answer cost 0.25, so four wrong answers cancelled one correct answer. A candidate who attempts all 150 questions and gets 120 right and 30 wrong scores 120 minus 7.5, that is 112.5. The same candidate leaving the 30 doubtful questions blank scores 120. Whether either score would have cleared a district cut-off is not something we can say.
What decides a cut-off
The number of vacancies in your district, your local status and category, the number of applicants in that district, and the difficulty of the paper, with Part B carrying two thirds of the marks. If a recruitment is organised by district, your real competitor pool is the district applicant pool, so read how the notification prepares selection lists before you compare yourself with a state-wide number.
How to use this page
Track your own mock score and the error rate on Part B rather than chasing a number that does not exist. Aim to answer only what you can defend, since every wrong answer costs a quarter mark. Read the preparation page for a plan, and our AP VRO and VRA guide for the job chart and the full 2020 rules. When a notification is published, check its result notice for any cut-off statement before trusting a figure from elsewhere.