Candidates to ensure their eligibility for the examination:
All candidates are requested to carefully read the “Instructions to Applicants” available in the Commission’s website www.tnpsc.gov.in and this Notification. The candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill all eligibility conditions for admission to the examination. Their admission to all stages of the examination will be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the eligibility conditions. Mere admission to the written examination, certificate verification, counselling or inclusion of name in the selection list will not confer on the candidates any right to appointment. The Commission reserves the right to reject candidature at any stage, after due process even after selection has been made, if a wrong claim or violation of rules or instructions is confirmed.
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| Company Name : | TAMIL NADU PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION |
| No of Vacancy / Post name : | 3935 Post |
| Job Category : | Regular Basis |
| Location : | Tamil Nadu |
| Starting Date : | 25.04.2025 |
| Last Date : | 12.07.2025 |
| Apply Mode: | Online |
| WebSite Link | CLICK HERE |
Important Dates and Time
| Details | Date & Time |
|---|---|
| Date of Notification | 25.04.2025 |
| Last Date and Time for Submission of Online Application | 24.05.2025 - 11.59 P.M |
| Application Correction Window Period | 29.05.2025 - 12.01 A.M to 31.05.2025 - 11.59 P.M |
| Date and Time of Examination | 12.07.2025 - 09.30 A.M. to 12.30 P.M. |
How to Apply:
One Time Registration and Online Application:
Candidates are required to apply online by using the Commission’s website www.tnpscexams.in.
The candidate needs to register himself / herself first at the One Time Registration (OTR) platform
available on the Commission’s website and then proceed to fill up the online application for the
examination. If the candidate is already registered, he / she can proceed straightaway to fill up the online
application for the examination.
Application Correction Window:
After the last date for submission of online application, the Application Correction Window will open for three days from 29.05.2025 to 31.05.2025. During this period, candidates will be able to edit the details in their online application. After the last date of the Application Correction Window period, no modification will be allowed in the online application.
Post Options:
In the online application, the candidates can exercise the option of being considered for the posts of
Forest Guard, Forest Guard with Driving Licence, Forest Watcher and Forest Watcher (Tribal Youth)
included in this notification. Hence, the candidates shall carefully select the post options available in the
online application as mentioned below:
- a. Candidates who are not willing to be considered for the above-said posts shall select the option
“Posts other than Forest Guard / Forest Guard with Driving Licence / Forest Watcher / Forest
Watcher (Tribal Youth)”. - Candidates who are willing to be considered for all the posts (i.e., Forest Guard / Forest Guard
with Driving Licence / Forest Watcher / Forest Watcher (Tribal Youth) and other posts) shall
select “All the Posts”.
The detailed instructions regarding how to apply and the examination centres are available in
Annexure I of this Notification.
Any claim by the candidate after the submission of an online application will not be entertained.
Posts and Vacancies:
| S. No. | Name of the Post | Post Code | Service / Organization | Number of Vacancies | Level of Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Village Administrative Officer | 2025 | Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service | 215 | Level 8 (CPS) |
| 2 | Junior Assistant (Non-Security) | 2600 | Tamil Nadu Ministerial / Judicial Ministerial Service | 1621 | Level 10 |
| 3 | Junior Assistant (Security) | 2400 | Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service | 46 | Level 10 |
| 4 | Junior Assistant | 3512 | Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation Ltd. | 6 | Level 10 |
| 5 | Junior Assistant | 3496 | Tamil Nadu Forest Plantation Corporation Ltd. | 5 | Level 10 |
| 6 | Bill Collector Grade-I | 2500 | Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service | 65 | Level 10 |
| 7 | Bill Collector | 2200 | Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service | 50 | Level 10 |
| 8 | Field Surveyor | 2700 | Tamil Nadu Survey and Land Records Subordinate Service | 798 | Level 8 |
| 9 | Draftsman | 2800 | Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Subordinate Service | 236 | Level 8 |
| 10 | Typist | 2200 | Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service | 1903 | Level 10 |
| 11 | Steno-Typist (Grade–III) | 2300 | Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service | 527 | Level 10 |
| 12 | Personal Clerk | 3100 | Tamil Nadu Secretariat Service / Legislative Assembly Secretariat | 82 | Level 11 |
| 13 | Personal Assistant | 3120 | Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Secretariat | 38 | Level 11 |
| 14 | Revenue Assistant | 2520 | Tamil Nadu Revenue Subordinate Service | 120 | Level 10 |
| 15 | Accounts Clerk | 3210 | Tamil Nadu Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd | 45 | Level 8 |
| 16 | Store Keeper | 3300 | Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation | 32 | Level 8 |
| 17 | Assistant | 2000 | Tamil Nadu Secretariat Service | 280 | Level 11 |
| 18 | Planning Assistant | 3600 | Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Service | 18 | Level 11 |
| 19 | Audit Assistant | 3700 | Tamil Nadu Local Fund Audit Department | 65 | Level 10 |
| 20 | Senior Factory Assistant | 3800 | Tamil Nadu Industries Subordinate Service | 102 | Level 8 |
| 21 | Statistical Assistant | 3900 | Tamil Nadu Animal Husbandry Subordinate Service | 60 | Level 10 |
| 22 | Laboratory Assistant | 4000 | Tamil Nadu Medical Subordinate Service | 110 | Level 8 |
| 23 | Technical Assistant | 4100 | Tamil Nadu Agricultural Subordinate Service | 90 | Level 10 |
| 24 | Store Assistant | 4200 | Tamil Nadu Co-operative Subordinate Service | 55 | Level 8 |
| 25 | Junior Auditor | 4300 | Tamil Nadu Cooperative Audit Department | 100 | Level 10 |
| Total | 3935 |
* Vacancies for reservation for outstanding sportspersons, are deducted wherever applicable.
#Including vacancies reserved for outstanding sportspersons.
Abbreviations:
CPS – Contributory Pension Scheme
EPF – Employees’ Provident Fund
Eligibility Conditions
Age Limit: (as on 01.07.2025)
The category wise maximum age limit and age concession details are given below.
Others (Candidates not belonging to SCs, SC(A)s, STs, MBCs/DCs, BC(OBCM)s and BCMs)
| S. No. | Name of the Post | Post code | Minimum Age (Should have completed) |
Maximum Age (Should not have completed) |
Age Concession Persons with Benchmark Disability |
Ex-Servicemen | Destitute Widow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Village Administrative Officer | 2025 | 21 | ||||
| 2 | Junior Assistant (Non-Security) | 2600 | 18 | 32 | 42 | 50 | 37 |
| 3 | Junior Assistant | 3512 3496 |
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| 5 | Junior Assistant (Security) | 2400 | |||||
| 6 | Junior Revenue Inspector | 3670 | |||||
| 7 | Junior Executive (Office) | 3296 | |||||
| 8 | Junior Assistant cum Typist | 3667 3522 |
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| 10 | Typist | 2200 3668 |
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| 12 | Steno-Typist (Grade - III) | 2300 3669 3671 3672 3666 |
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| 16 | Personal Clerk | 3673 | |||||
| 18 | Assistant | 3293 | |||||
| 19 | Field Assistant | 3255 |
| 20. | Forest Guard | 3317 | 21 | 32 | 42 | 32* | 37 |
| 21. | Forest Guard with Driving Licence | 3318 | |||||
| 22. | Forest Watcher | 3319 | |||||
| 23. | Forest Watcher (Tribal Youth) | 3320 | |||||
| 24. | Forest Guard | 3494 | NA | ||||
| 25. | Forest Watcher | 3495 | NA |
* For the posts of Forest Guard (Post Code: 3317), Forest Guard with Driving Licence (Post Code:
3318), Forest Watcher (Post Code: 3319), Forest Watcher (Tribal Youth) (Post Code: 3320), Forest
Guard (Post Code: 3494) and Forest Watcher (Post Code: 3495) a person who has been discharged
from any of the Defence services namely, the Army, the Navy, or the Air Force shall be eligible for
appointment, if after deducting the period of his services in such service, he has not completed the
age of 32 years.
NA – Not applicable, since persons with benchmark disability are not eligible to apply for this post.
BC (OBCM)s, BCMs, MBCs/DCs, SCs, SC(A)s and STs:
| S. No. | Name of the Post | Post code | Minimum Age (Should have completed) |
Maximum Age (Should not have completed) |
Age Concession Persons with Benchmark Disability |
Age Concession Ex-Servicemen |
Age Concession Destitute Widow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Village Administrative Officer | 2025 | 21 | 42 | 52 | 55 | 42 |
| 2. | Junior Assistant (Non-Security) | 2600 | 18 |
BC (OBCM)s, BCMs and MBCs/DCs – 34 # SCs, SC(A)s and STs – 37 # |
BC (OBCM)s, BCMs and MBCs/DCs – 44 # SCs, SC(A)s and STs – 47 # |
55 # | 37 # |
| 3. | Junior Assistant | 3512 | |||||
| 4. | Junior Assistant | 3496 | |||||
| 5. | Junior Assistant (Security) | 2400 | |||||
| 6. | Junior Revenue Inspector | 3670 | |||||
| 7. | Junior Executive (Office) | 3296 | |||||
| 8. | Junior Assistant cum Typist | 3667 | |||||
| 9. | Junior Assistant cum Typist | 3522 | |||||
| 10. | Typist | 2200 | |||||
| 11. | Typist | 3668 | |||||
| 12. | Steno-Typist (Grade - III) | 2300 | |||||
| 13. | Steno-Typist (Grade - III) | 3669 | |||||
| 14. | Steno-Typist (Grade - III) | 3671 | |||||
| 15. | Steno-Typist (Grade - III) | 3672 | |||||
| 16. | Steno-Typist (Grade - III) | 3666 | |||||
| 17. | Personal Clerk | 3673 | |||||
| 18. | Assistant | 3293 | |||||
| 19. | Field Assistant | 3255 | |||||
| 20. | Forest Guard | 3317 | 21 | 37 | 37 | 37* | 37 |
| 21. | Forest Guard with Driving Licence | 3318 | 37 | 37 | 37* | 37 | |
| 22. | Forest Watcher | 3319 | 37 | 37 | 37* | 37 | |
| 23. | Forest Watcher (Tribal Youth) | 3320 | NA | 37 | |||
| 24. | Forest Guard | 3494 | |||||
| 25. | Forest Watcher | 3495 |
* For the posts of Forest Guard (Post Code: 3317), Forest Guard with Driving Licence (Post Code:
3318), Forest Watcher (Post Code: 3319), Forest Watcher (Tribal Youth) (Post Code: 3320), Forest
Guard (Post Code: 3494) and Forest Watcher (Post Code: 3495) a person who has been discharged
from any of the Defence services namely, the Army, the Navy, or the Air Force shall be eligible for
appointment, if after deducting the period of his services in such service, he has not completed the
age of 37 years.
# – No maximum age limit for candidates belonging to BC (OBCM)s, BCMs, MBCs/DCs, SCs, SC(A)s,
STs who possess a General Educational Qualification which is higher than the Minimum General
Educational Qualification.
Abbreviations:
BC(OBCM) – Backward Classes (Other than Backward Class Muslims)
BCM – Backward Class Muslims
MBC / DC – Most Backward Classes / Denotified Communities
SC – Scheduled Castes
SC(A) – Scheduled Castes (Arunthathiyars)
ST – Scheduled Tribes
NA – Not applicable, since persons with benchmark disability are not eligible to apply for this post.
Instructions given about the maximum age limit under Para 5A of the “Instructions to Applicants”
will not apply to the posts of Village Administrative Officer (Post Code: 2025), Forest Guard (Post Code:
3317), Forest Guard with Driving Licence (Post Code: 3318), Forest Watcher (Post Code: 3319), Forest
Watcher (Tribal Youth) (Post Code: 3320), Forest Guard (Post Code: 3494) and Forest Watcher (Post
Code: 3495)
No maximum age limit shall mean that the candidates should not have completed 60 years of age
as on 1.7.2025 or at the time of selection / appointment to the post.
The above mentioned age concession will not apply to the Ex-Servicemen candidates who have
already been recruited to any class or service or category, as per section 3 (j) (vii) of Tamil Nadu
Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016.
Educational and Technical Qualification:
| S. No. | Name of the Post | Post Code | Name of the Service / Organization | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Village Administrative Officer | 2025 | Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service | - |
| 2. | Junior Assistant (Non Security) | 2600 | Tamil Nadu Ministerial / Judicial Ministerial Service | Must possess Minimum General Educational Qualification |
| 3. | Junior Assistant (Security) | 2400 | Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service | - |
| 4. | Junior Assistant | 3512 | Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing and Development Corporation Ltd. | SSLC Pass (10th Pass) |
| 5. | Junior Assistant | 3496 | Tamil Nadu Forest Plantation Corporation Ltd. | Minimum General Educational Qualification |
| 6. | Junior Revenue Inspector | 3670 | Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service | Must possess Minimum General Educational Qualification |
| 7. | Junior Executive (Office) | 3296 | Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd. |
1. A degree from a recognized University or Institution 2. Must have passed in Co-operative Training 3. Must have passed the Certificate Course in Computer on Office Automation conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education, Government of Tamil Nadu Note: Candidates who possess a Degree (or) Diploma in Computer Science (or) Computer Engineering (or) Computer Application (or) Information Technology (or) Software Engineering (or) Computing (or) Computer Information System (or) Computer Design approved by the University Grants Commission / All India Council of Technical Education / Directorate of Technical Education (or) an equivalent body shall not be required to acquire the Certificate Course in Computer on Office Automation. |
Posts of Forest Guard, Forest Guard with Driving Licence, Forest Watcher and Forest Watcher (Tribal Youth)
Candidates must possess the following minimum physical standards;
| Gender | Height (cm) | Chest Measurement (cm) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other than STs | STs | Normal (round the chest) on full expiration |
Expansion (on full inspiration) |
|
| Male | 163 | 152 | 79 | 05 |
| Female and Third Gender |
150 | 145 | 74 | 05 |
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