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Maharashtra Departmental Examinations Study Material

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Maharashtra Departmental Examinations · checked 19 September 2026

Maharashtra Departmental Examinations at a glance, from the official notices

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

Maharashtra Departmental Examinations: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    Each department, from 2021; MPSC only for limited departmental competitive examinations

    Who conducts

  2. 02

    General administration department resolution of 31 March 2021 — post-entry and promotion examinations for state government servants

    Policy

  3. 03

    Three from joining; 50 per cent in every subject; departments fix papers, marks, duration and with-books rules

    Chances and pass mark

  4. 04

    Increment withheld until pass; discharge for gazetted direct recruits and Group C probationers who fail within probation

    Consequences

Notes

Maharashtra Departmental Examinations — Study material for this exam

By service.
ServiceSourceNote
RevenueThe Maharashtra Land Revenue Code 1966 and the Revenue Manual volumes I to V; the land Acts named in Revenue IVSix papers for the naib tahsildar.
Judicial and policeThe criminal procedure code, the High Court’s criminal manual, the police, arms and evidence Acts; the police manualCheck the department’s rules for any substitution of the new codes.
AccountsThe discipline and appeal and conduct rules 1979; the Bombay financial rules; the budget manual; government accounts and auditPaper VI for revenue officers; the core for accounts cadres.
Promotion examinationsThe RTI Act 2005, the Public Records Act 2005, chapter 3 of the Delay Prevention Act 2005, and disaster managementMandatory under the 2021 policy.

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