Last Date for Submission of Application is on 23rd March, 2022.
No.of Posts and Vacancies :-
Lower Division Clerk, Assistant & More - 5413 Posts
Job Location - Tamil Nadu
Education Qualification :
Applications are invited only through online mode up to 23.03.2022 for direct recruitment to the posts included in Combined Civil Services Examination–II (Interview Posts / Non-Interview Posts) (Group-II Services / Group-IIA Services) [Service Code No.004]
Advertisement No.605 Notification No.03/2022
1. Name of the Posts and Post Codes: Lower Division Clerk in Secretariat (Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly) (Post Code No:1086)
2. No. of Vacancies: 05
3. Level of Pay: Rs.20000- 73700 Level–9
4. Educational Qualification: B.A., B.Sc., or B.Com., of any University recognised by the University Grants Commission
1. Name of the Posts and Post Codes: Assistant in Secretariat (Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly) (Post Code No:1084)
2. No. of Vacancies: 03
3. Level of Pay: Rs.20000- 73700 Level–9
4. Educational Qualification: B.L., Degree awarded by any University recognised by the University Grants Commission.
1. Name of the Posts and Post Codes: Assistant in Secretariat (Finance Department) (Post Code No.1077)
2. No. ofVacancies: 05
3. Level of Pay: Rs.20000- 73700 Level–9
4. Educational Qualification: A Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce or Economics or Statistics of any University or Institution recognised by the University Grants Commission
1. Name of the Posts and Post Codes: Planning Junior Assistant, Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission (Post Code No:1032)
2. No. of Vacancies: 03
3. Level of Pay: Rs.20000- 73700 Level–9
4. Educational Qualification: A Degree of B.A., or B.Sc., or B.Com., of any University
1. Name of the Posts and Post Codes: Steno-Typist in Secretariat (Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly) (Post Code No:1085)
2. No. of Vacancies: 03
3. Level of Pay: Rs.20600- 75900/- Level–10
4. Educational Qualification: Any Bachelor’s Degree
5. Technical Qualification:
(i) Must have passed the Government Technical Examination in Typewriting:- both by Higher / Senior Grade in Tamil and English and
(ii) Must have passed the Government Technical Examination in Shorthand:- both by Higher / Senior Grade in Tamil and English Provided that if candidates with the qualifications referred to in items (i) and (ii) above are not available, candidates who have passed the following examinations in the order of preference indicated below will be considered for selection namely: -
a. Government Technical Examination in Typewriting and Shorthand in Tamil both by the Higher / Senior Grade and Typewriting and Shorthand in English both by the Lower / Junior Grade.
b. Government Technical Examination in Typewriting and Shorthand in English both by the Higher / Senior Grade and Typewriting and Shorthand in Tamil both by the Lower / Junior Grade.
(iii) Certificate course in Computer on Office Automation awarded by the Technical Education Department.
1. Name of the Posts and Post Codes: Personal Clerk in Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (Post Code No:1082)
2. No. of Vacancies: 07
3. Level of Pay: Rs.20600- 75900/- Level–10
4. Educational Qualification: Any Bachelor’s Degree
5. Technical Qualification:
(i) Must have passed the Government Technical Examination in Typewriting:- both by Higher / Senior Grade in Tamil and English and
(ii) Must have passed the Government Technical Examination in Shorthand:- both by Higher / Senior Grade in Tamil and English Provided that if candidates with the qualifications referred to in items (i) and (ii) above are not available, candidates who have passed the following examinations in the order of preference indicated below will be considered for selection namely: -
a. Government Technical Examination in Typewriting and Shorthand in Tamil both by the Higher / Senior Grade and Typewriting and Shorthand in English both by the Lower / Junior Grade.
b. Government Technical Examination in Typewriting and Shorthand in English both by the Higher / Senior Grade and Typewriting and Shorthand in Tamil both by the Lower / Junior Grade.
(iii) Certificate course in Computer on Office Automation awarded by the Technical Education Department.
1. Name of the Posts and Post Codes: Personal Clerk in Secretariat (Finance Department) (Post Code No:1079)
2. No. of Vacancies: 13
3. Level of Pay: Rs.20600- 75900/- Level–10
4. Educational Qualification: Any Bachelor’s Degree
5. Technical Qualification:
(i) Must have passed the Government Technical Examination in Typewriting:- both by Higher / Senior Grade in Tamil and English and
(ii) Must have passed the Government Technical Examination in Shorthand:- both by Higher / Senior Grade in Tamil and English Provided that if candidates with the qualifications referred to in items (i) and (ii) above are not available, candidates who have passed the following examinations in the order of preference indicated below will be considered for selection namely: -
a. Government Technical Examination in Typewriting and Shorthand in Tamil both by the Higher / Senior Grade and Typewriting and Shorthand in English both by the Lower / Junior Grade.
b. Government Technical Examination in Typewriting and Shorthand in English both by the Higher / Senior Grade and Typewriting and Shorthand in Tamil both by the Lower / Junior Grade.
(iii) Certificate course in Computer on Office Automation awarded by the Technical Education Department.
1. Name of the Posts and Post Codes: Junior Employment Officer (NonDifferently Abled) in Employment and Training (Employment Wing) Department (Post Code No.1017)
2. No. of Vacancies: 11
3. Level of Pay: Rs.36900- 135100/- Level-18
4. Educational Qualification: A degree in Arts or Science or Commerce or B.O.L., of Annamalai University or B.B.A., of Madurai Kamarajar University or B.Litt., of Madras University or B.B.M., or B.Litt., of Bharathiyar University
For More Information Kindly Refer Official Notification.
Age Limit
18 - 32 years
Application Fees
Registration Fee: Rs.150/-, Preliminary Examination: Rs.100/-, Main Written Examination: Rs.150/-
General Information:
(A) The rule of reservation of appointments is applicable to this recruitment.
(B) Persons Studied in Tamil Medium
(i) As per Section 2(d) of the Tamil Nadu Appointment on preferential basis in the services under the State of Persons Studied in Tamil Medium Act, 2010, as amended by Act 35 of 2020, Persons Studied in Tamil Medium means a person who has studied through Tamil Medium of instruction upto the educational qualification prescribed for direct recruitment in the rules or regulations or orders applicable to any appointment in the services under the State.
(ii) Candidates claiming to be Persons Studied in Tamil Medium (PSTM) must upload / produce evidence for the same in the form of SSLC, HSC, Transfer Certificate, Provisional Certificate, Convocation Certificate, Degree Certificate, PG Degree Certificate, Mark Sheets, Certificate from the Board or University or from the Institution, as the case may be, with a recording that he / she had studied the entire duration of the respective course(s) through Tamil Medium of instruction.
(iii) Candidates must upload / produce documents as evidence of having studied in the Tamil Medium, all educational qualification upto the educational qualification prescribed.
(iv) If no such document as evidence for ‘PSTM’ is available, a certificate from the Principal / Head Master / District Educational Officer / Chief Educational Officer / District Adi Dravidar Welfare Officer / Controller of Examinations / Head / Director of Educational Institution / Director / Joint Director of Technical Education / Registrar of Universities, as the case may be, in the prescribed format must be uploaded / produced, for each and every educational qualification up to the educational qualification prescribed.
(v) Failure to upload / produce such documents as evidence for ‘Persons Studied in Tamil Medium’ for all educational qualification up to the educational qualification prescribed, shall result in the rejection of candidature after due process.
(vi) Documents uploaded / produced as proof of having studied in Tamil medium, for the partial duration of any course / private appearance at any examination, shall not be accepted and shall result in the rejection of candidature after due process.
(C) The selection for appointment to the posts is purely provisional subject to the final orders in the Writ Petitions, if any, pending on the files of the Hon’ble High Court of Madras and Madurai Bench of Madras High Court.
(D) i. As per Section 26 (2) of Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016, 10% of vacancies out of 30% of vacancies set apart for Women candidates in direct recruitment are reserved for Destitute Widows in respect of the posts for which the level of pay does not exceed Level–10 (Rs.20600-75900) in the pay matrix. If no qualified and suitable destitute widow is available, then, the turn so set apart for destitute widow shall go to the women (other than destitute widow) belonging to the respective category.
ii. As per Section 27(c) of Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016, 5% of vacancies shall be set apart for Ex-Servicemen in the posts which are classified under Group-‘C’ (i.e.) between Level–2 (Rs.15900-58500) and Level–12 (Rs.35600-130800) in the pay matrix. If no qualified and suitable Ex-Servicemen belonging to a particular category is available for selection for appointment against reserved turn, such turn shall be filled up by a candidate other than Ex-Servicemen belonging to the particular communal category.
(E) PERSONS WITH BENCHMARK DISABILITY: The rule of reservation for appointment of the Differently Abled persons is applicable for this recruitment, 4% reservation will be followed for the posts included in Combined Civil Services Examination-II (Group-II & IIA Services) as identified in the G.O.(Ms) No.51, Welfare of Differently Abled Persons (DAP.3.2) Department, dated 26.12.2017, G.O. (Ms) No.20, Welfare of Differently Abled Persons (DAP.3.2) Department, dated 20.06.2018 and G.O. (Ms) No.206, Finance (CA) Department, dated 20.09.2021 (Refer ANNEXURE-III).
(F) Persons with Benchmark Disability should submit / upload a copy of Disability Certificate in the format prescribed in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 [Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India] and issued by the competent authority defined in G.O. (Ms) No.28, Welfare of Differently Abled Persons (DAP 3.1), dated 27.07.2018. [For further details refer Para.14 (M) of “Instructions to Applicants”]
(G) If no qualified and suitable women applicants are available for selection against the vacancies reserved for them, those vacancies will be filled by male applicants belonging to the respective communal categories. [Section 26(5) of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016].
(H) Wherever vacancies are reserved for Arunthathiyars on preferential basis, even after filling the vacancies reserved for SC (Arunthathiyars) on preferential basis, if more number of qualified Arunthathiyars are available, they shall be entitled to compete with the Scheduled Castes other than Arunthathiyars in the inter-se-merit among them and if any posts reserved for Arunthathiyars remain unfilled for want of adequate number of qualified applicants, it shall be filled by Scheduled Castes other than Arunthathiyars. [Section 27 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016].
(I) Evidence for all the claims made in the online application should be uploaded / submitted in time when documents are called for. Any subsequent claim made after submission of online application will not be entertained. Failure to upload/ submit the documents within the stipulated time limit will entail rejection of application after due process.
(J) Suppression of following material information in the online application regarding
(i) free chances availed
(ii) Employment in the Service of the Indian Union or a State in India or in the employment of Local Bodies or University or Quasi Government Organization or Public Sector units constituted under the authority of the Government of India or of a State in India in regular service or temporary service
(iii) Wilful suppression of criminal cases / disciplinary action pending / punishments if any, against the applicant
(iv) violation of undertaking given by the applicant in the online application etc., may invite suitable penal action including debarment for a specific period as decided by the Commission for various recruitments/ selections conducted by the Commission, besides rejection of application after due process.
(K) Correct and true information regarding arrest, convictions, criminal or any disciplinary proceedings initiated / pending or finalised, debarment / disqualification by any recruiting agency, if any, should also be furnished to the Commission at the time of application.
i) The details thereof, i.e. originals of the judgement / order / G.O. dropping further action in the departmental proceedings or any document that may prove the suitability of such applicants for appointment in such cases must be produced at the stage / time of certificate verification without fail. All such events that occur after the submission of application and till the date of his / her selection and appointment shall be reported to the Commission forthwith. Failure to report on the part of the applicant will be considered as suppression of material information and will attract suitable penal action.
Other Important Instructions:
(a) Applicants should ensure their eligibility for the examination. Before applying for / appearing for the examination, the applicants should ensure their eligibility for such examination and that they fulfil all the conditions in regard to age, educational qualifications, number of chances for fee concession, etc., as prescribed by the Commission’s notification.
1. 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 / oral test / counselling or inclusion of name in the selection list will not confer on the candidates any right to appointment. The candidature is therefore, provisional at all stages and 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.
(b) The memorandum of admission (hall ticket) for eligible applicants will be made available in the Commission’s website www.tnpscexams.in / www.tnpsc.gov.in for downloading by applicants. The memorandum of admission will not be sent by post. The applicants must comply with each and every instruction given in the memorandum of admission. [Refer in Note (g) under Para 2(V) of “Instructions to applicants”]
(c) Online Correspondence : Applicants requiring clarification, can contact the office of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission in person or over the Toll-Free No.1800 419 0958 on all working days between 10.00 A.M and 5.45 P.M. Queries relating to One Time Registration/ online application may be sent to helpdesk@tnpscexams.in. Other queries may be sent to grievance.tnpsc@tn.gov.in [Refer in Note (h),(i),(j) under Para 2(V) of “Instructions to applicants”]
(d) Communication To Applicants: Individual communication regarding the date and time of Certificate Verification, Oral Test and Counselling (as applicable) will not be sent to the applicants by post. The details will be made available on the Commission’s website. Applicants will be informed of the above fact only through SMS and e-mail and they should watch the Commission’s website in this regard. Commission is not responsible for non-delivery of SMS / e-mail due to any reasons.
(e) During the process of recruitment from Notification till completion of selection process, no information under Right to Information Act, CM Cell Petitions, GRC would be furnished.
(f) Unless specific instruction is given, applicants are not required to submit along with their application any certificates (in support of their claims regarding age, educational qualifications, physical qualification, community, physical disability etc.,) which should be submitted when called for by the Commission. Applicants applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility conditions for admission to the examination.
(g) Their admission at all the stages of examination for which they are admitted by the Commission will be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If, on verification at any time before or after the written examination / certificate verification / oral test, it is found that they do not fulfil any of the eligibility conditions, their candidature for the recruitment will be summarily rejected after due process.
(h) If any of their claims is found to be incorrect, it will lead to rejection of their candidature after due process and suitable penal action including debarment.
(i) Unfair Means Strictly Prohibited: No applicant shall copy from the papers of any other applicant or permit his / her papers to be copied or give or attempt to give or obtain or attempt to obtain irregular assistance of any description.
(j) Conduct In The Examination Hall: No applicant should misbehave in any manner or create a disorderly scene in the examination hall or harass the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of the examination. Any such misconduct will be viewed seriously and penalised.
Selection Procedure
(A) Interview Post: The selection of candidates for appointment to the posts mentioned in Table-I will be made in three stages viz.,
(i) Preliminary Examination for selection of candidates for admission to the Main Written Examination
(ii) Main Written Examination and
(iii) an Oral Test in the shape of an Interview and Counselling. The Preliminary Examination is meant to serve as a screening test only. The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main Written Examination will not be counted for determining their final order of merit.
a) The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Written Examination will be 10 times the number of candidates to be recruited having regard to the rule of reservation of appointments. However, in each reservation group, all the candidates who secure the same marks as that of cut off marks of their reservation groups shall also be admitted to the Main Written Examination, though the number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Written Examination may exceed 1:10 ratio.
b) The final selection will be made based on the total marks obtained by the candidates in the Main Written Examination Paper-II and Oral Test taken together, subject to Rule of Reservation of Appointments.
(B) Non-Interview Post: The selection of candidates for appointment to the posts mentioned in Table-II will be made in two stages viz.,
(i) Preliminary Examination for selection of candidates for admission to the Main Written Examination
(ii) Main Written Examination and Counselling. The Preliminary Examination is meant to serve as a screening test only. The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main Written Examination will not be counted for determining their final order of merit. The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Written Examination will be 10 times the number of candidates to be recruited having regard to the rule of reservation of appointments.
(iii) However, in each reservation group, all the candidates who secure the same marks as that of cut off marks of their reservation groups shall also be admitted to the Main Written Examination, though the number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Written Examination may exceed 1:10 ratio. Final selection will be made based on the marks obtained in Main Written Examination Paper-II, subject to Rule of Reservation of Appointments.
How to Apply
Online application can be submitted upto 23.03.2022 till 11.59 p.m., after which the link will be disabled.
(1) Applicants should apply only through online mode in the Commission’s websites www.tnpsc.gov.in or www.tnpscexams.in
(2) “One Time Registration” using Aadhaar is mandatory before applying for any post. Applicant should register only once in the One Time Registration by paying Rs.150/- as registration fee. Successfully registered One Time Registration is valid for five years from the date of registration. All the applications should be submitted using the One Time Registration ID and password registered by the applicant.
(3) To apply under One Time Registration System, applicants should have a scanned image of their photograph, certificates specified, if any, and signature in CD/DVD/Pen Drive to upload the same, as per the specifications given in the guidelines for scanning and uploading of photograph and signature.
(4) No applicant is permitted to create more than one registration ID under One Time Registration System.
(5) Applicants should enter the Unique ID and Password to view the already available information and update them. They shall not share the ID / PASSWORD with any other Person or Agency.
(6) One Time Registration is not an application for any post. It is just a collection of information from the applicants and provides a separate dashboard to each applicant to facilitate maintenance of their own profile. Applicants who wish to apply for this recruitment shall click “Apply” against the recruitment notified in the Commission’s website using the same USER ID and PASSWORD given for ONE TIME REGISTRATION.
(7) Applicants should select the name of the post for which the applicant wishes to apply.
(8) Online applications uploaded without the photograph, details of specified documents and signature will be rejected after due process.
(9) All the particulars mentioned in the online application will be considered as final and no modifications will be allowed after the submission of the application. Once an application is submitted, no further request for change of details will be entertained. Hence, the applicants are instructed to fill the online application with utmost care and caution as no correspondence regarding change of details will be entertained.