Does MPSC conduct departmental examinations in Maharashtra?
Not since 2021. By its letter of 12 February 2020, recorded in the general administration department’s circular of 22 September 2020, the commission conducts no departmental examinations from 2021; each department holds its own under the policy of 31 March 2021. The commission conducts only limited departmental competitive examinations — the promotion-by-examination route in recruitment rules — such as those for police sub-inspector, assistant section officer, excise sub-inspector and the women and child development posts.
How many chances are allowed in a Maharashtra departmental examination?
Three from the date of joining, under the resolution of 31 March 2021, and every examination held after the date on which the officer could first have applied counts as a chance whether or not the officer sat. Where the post carries probation, the examination must be passed within it. After three failures, attempts continue until a pass, but the increment is withheld.
What is the pass mark for Maharashtra departmental examinations?
A minimum of 50 per cent in every subject, under the 2021 policy, in every department’s examination. Older departmental rules add their own provisions — the naib tahsildar rules allow five per cent condonation in one head and exempt a head passed at 60 per cent.
What happens if a Maharashtra government servant fails the departmental examination?
Failure within three chances withholds the increment until the officer passes, when it is restored without arrears from the following January or July. A directly recruited Group A or B gazetted officer, or a Group C officer on probation, who fails within probation is liable to discharge from service. Otherwise the officer continues to attempt the examination until a pass.
Who is exempt from Maharashtra departmental examinations?
Officers who have completed fifty years of age, under the resolution of 1 March 2018 which raised the age from forty-five — except in technical cadres that opt out, and never from a clause requiring a pass within probation — and, for promotion examinations, officers with fifteen years’ service in the post. Employees of zilla parishads, municipal bodies and boards are outside the state policy altogether.
What are the papers in the naib tahsildar departmental examination?
Under the revenue department’s rules of July 2000, six papers of 100 marks and three hours: Revenue I without books on the Land Revenue Code and Revenue Manual volume I; Revenue II, III and IV with books on the manual’s later volumes and the land acquisition, fragmentation, tree felling, tribal land restoration, entertainment duty, ceiling, mamlatdars’ courts and tenancy Acts; Judicial V with books on criminal procedure, the criminal manual and the police, arms and evidence Acts; and Accounts VI with books on the conduct and discipline rules, financial rules and budget manual. Answers in Marathi or English.
What is an MPSC limited departmental competitive examination?
The examination the commission holds for the share of a post’s vacancies that the recruitment rules fill from serving staff by competition — for example the sub-inspector posts filled from constables, naiks, head constables and assistant sub-inspectors. The 2023 sub-inspector examination reached a provisional selection list on 30 April 2026 and a revised recommendation list on 17 August 2026; the women and child development examination was held on 14 May 2026; the assistant section officer and excise sub-inspector examinations were advertised in June 2025.
Is any Maharashtra departmental examination open now?
No limited departmental competitive examination is open on the commission’s list as at 11 September 2026, and the departments’ own post-entry examination notices are circulated within the departments rather than published; none for 2025-26 was found online.
