diff --git a/backend/app/Http/Controllers/UserScoreController.php b/backend/app/Http/Controllers/UserScoreController.php
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+++ b/backend/app/Http/Controllers/UserScoreController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use App\Http\Requests\UserScoreStoreRequest;
+
+class UserScoreController extends Controller
+{
+    /**
+     * Store a newly created resource in storage.
+     *
+     * @param  @param  \App\Http\Requests\UserStoreRequest  $request
+     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
+     */
+    public function store(UserScoreStoreRequest $request)
+    {
+        
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/backend/app/Http/Requests/UserScoreStoreRequest.php b/backend/app/Http/Requests/UserScoreStoreRequest.php
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+++ b/backend/app/Http/Requests/UserScoreStoreRequest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Requests;
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+
+class UserScoreStoreRequest extends FormRequest
+{
+    /**
+     * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function authorize()
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function rules()
+    {
+        return [
+            "category_id" => 'required|exists:categories,id',
+        ];
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/backend/app/Services/UserScoreService.php b/backend/app/Services/UserScoreService.php
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+++ b/backend/app/Services/UserScoreService.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Services;
+
+use App\Models\UserScore;
+use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
+
+class UserScoreService
+{
+    public static function addUserScore($userId): array
+    {
+        return UserScore::where('id', $userId)->where('isVerified', true)->first();
+    }
+
+    function sendResponse($error = false, $code = 200, $msg = "", $data = ["" => ""]): JsonResponse
+    {
+        return response()->json(["error" => $error, "code" => $code, "message" => $msg, "data" => $data], $code);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/backend/routes/api.php b/backend/routes/api.php
index c1e631d7..0cd8c771 100644
--- a/backend/routes/api.php
+++ b/backend/routes/api.php
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 use App\Http\Controllers\UserController;
+use App\Http\Controllers\UserScoreController;
 
 // util functions
-require_once "../util/sendResponse.php";
+// require_once "../util/sendResponse.php";
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -23,11 +24,19 @@
 });
 
 // other route functions here
-Route::get("/test", function(){
+Route::get("/test", function () {
     // execute the function
-    return sendResponse(false, 200, "Test case pass", null); 
+    return sendResponse(false, 200, "Test case pass", null);
 });
 
-Route::prefix("users")->group(function(){
+Route::prefix("users")->group(function () {
     Route::get('verified/{userId}', [UserController::class, 'getVerifiedUserById']);
+});
+
+//USERSCORE
+Route::prefix("UserScorce")->group(function () {
+    Route::controller(UserScoreController::class)->group(function () {
+        Route::get('permissions', 'index');
+        Route::post('new_permission', 'store');
+    });
 });
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