PO & RMS Accountant Results, Circle by Circle: How Many Actually Pass

No all-India result exists for this exam, and no pass rate is ever published. What does exist is a trail of circle memos, some with a full mark sheet of every candidate. We read ten of them, from Rajasthan's exam of October 2021 to Delhi's of March 2026, and counted. This page carries counts only: the memos print names and roll numbers, and we do not reproduce them.

Our arithmetic from the published memos.

Where a circle publishes every candidate, the share who qualify is low (our arithmetic): Rajasthan 16 of 32 rows in 2021, 8 of 42 in 2023, 12 of 27 in 2024 and 2 of 17 in 2025; Bihar 5 of 19 in 2023; MP 15 of 69 in 2026; Delhi 17 of 37 in 2026; Maharashtra 14 of 233 in 2026. The rows include people who were permitted and did not come. Delhi's sheet separates them clearly: of 37 rows, 12 were absent and 1 result was withheld, so 17 of the 24 who sat qualified. MP's sheet marks roughly half its rows absent in both papers (our count from the scan).

Absence matters twice. It inflates the rows, which makes the exam look harder than it is for those who sit. And under Rule 273(e), a permitted candidate who stays away is treated as having appeared and failed, which uses a chance. The marks and chances guide explains the rule.

The full sheets follow one layout. Each row gives the division, roll number, category, Paper I marks, Paper II marks, the aggregate and a remark: "Qualified", "Not Qualified", "Exemption in Paper-I" or "Exempted in Paper-II". An exempt paper is printed as the word "Exemption" in place of marks, and the aggregate column then carries only the other paper's marks. Absent papers are written "Absent" and count as zero. Most memos have three parts: the qualified list, the list of those who earned an exemption, and the full sheet as an annexure. Delhi and Maharashtra add rows for candidates whose results are withheld or kept in a sealed cover.

Two things the sheets settle that the rules leave open (our reading). First, OBC candidates are judged at the OC standard: Rajasthan's 2023 sheet marks an OBC candidate with 42 and 69 as not qualified, with an exemption in Paper II, which only makes sense against 45. Second, the line is inclusive. Rajasthan's 2025 sheet shows a UR candidate at exactly 45 in Paper I, with 58 in Paper II and 103 in aggregate, marked qualified; Rajasthan's 2021 sheet shows an SC candidate at 44 and 62, marked qualified against 38. The standard is "at least", not "more than".

Rajasthan's four results let us follow exemptions across years (our count, by matching the sheets). At least three candidates exempted in 2023 appear as qualified in 2024 using that exemption, and in 2024 seven more were exempted in Paper I. In Bihar's 2023 result, three of the five qualifiers were exempted in Paper II from 2022, each scoring between 62 and 88 in Paper I. Assam in 2025 qualified two candidates, with aggregates of 77% and 72%, and exempted two more in Paper I.

A qualified official is appointed as an Accountant in turn, by seniority, as vacancies arise in the unit. Since the Directorate's letter of 11.02.2025 that means working an accounts post in the general line rather than joining a separate Accountant cadre; the merger guide sets out what changed. For the next sitting in your circle, see the alerts page.