TAMIL NADU PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES FOR DEPARTMENTAL EXAMINATIONS
TNPSC - DEPARTMENTAL EXAMINATION DECEMBER 2022 - ANNEXURE-I-INSTRUCTION - PDF
The Departmental Examinations (except General Educational Test of the S.S.L.C. Standard /
Compendium of Office Orders and Instructions to Applicants(Direct Recruitment) are open
to all persons, whether in Government Service or not, on payment of the prescribed fees.
Persons in Government Service who are eligible under the existing rules to apply without
paying the examination fee, should also pay the fee and may claim reimbursement of the fee
from their offices
The candidates who apply for any of the Departmental Examinations should have completed
the age of 16 years on the date of this Notification.
The candidates should note that Registration fee of Rs.30/- along with examination fee of
Rs.200/- for each test should be paid through online mode only using Net banking / Debit
Card / Credit card. (Payment through Challan will not be allowed/accepted).
1. Applicants should apply only through online mode in the Commission's Website
www.tnpsc.gov.in./www.tnpscexams.in
One Time Registration (OTR), Aadhaar Number details and applicant Dashboard
are mandatory before applying. Aadhaar number details shall be lilnked with the
One Time Registration.
Approach the internet browsing centre, which has scanning facility for
filling the departmental examination online application.
Before registering in One Time Registration, scan the signature and
recent (not more than 3 months) passport size photograph with blue / white
background with good clarity and store it in a folder as an image in JPG /
JPEG format.
Please ensure that the photo image should be of 165 x 125 pixels and
30 kb – 40 kb size and also the signature image should be of 80 x 125
pixels and 20 kb – 30 kb size with reasonably good quality image.
In online application Selfie photos / Polaroid photos / without photos /
and / or signature are not accepted and will be rejected. Applications not
complying with these instructions or without clear photograph or other
than the above mentioned specifications are liable to be rejected.
If the image of photo and signature exceeds the above given size adjust
the scanner settings suitably such as DPI resolution, Colors etc. during
the process of scanning so as to reduce the file size - Ms Paint may also
be used to resize the scanned image
One Time Registration is not an application for Departmental Tests. It is just collection
of information from the applicants and giving a separate dashboard to each applicant to
facilitate them to maintain their own profile. Applicant who wishes to apply for
Departmental Tests shall click “Apply” against the Departmental Tests notified in the
Commission‟s Website and use the same USER ID and PASSWORD given for ONE
TIME REGISTRATION. Mobile Number of the applicant has to be utilized for creation
of User ID, i.e. Mobile Number is the User ID forever. Applicant has to create
password themselves. In case, if the applicant forgets the PASSWORD, he / she can
change or reset them using “FORGOT PASSWORD” Option. The Commission will
not furnish USER ID / PASSWORD details to the applicants
A valid e-mail ID and Mobile Number is mandatory for one time registration. E-mail ID
and Mobile Number are to be kept in active mode. TNPSC will send all communications
and messages only to the registered email ID and Mobile.
10.Though the applicants furnish details / information in the One Time Registration, the
details furnished in the application for the Departmental Tests concerned alone will be
taken into consideration.
11.Please note that all the particulars mentioned in the online application including Name
of the applicant, Date of birth, Address, e-mail ID, Centre of Examination etc., will be
considered as final. Applicants are hence requested to fill in the online application form
with utmost care as no correspondence regarding change of details will be entertained.
12.The Instructions and Illustration regarding One time Registration are available in
the website www.tnpsc.gov.in / www.tnpscexams.in
14.The Examination fee and the Test code details are available in the
Commission‟s website (Annexure-III).
15. Fill all the columns of online application since it is mandatory.
16.Fill the relevant columns including examination center, working details
(Government Employee only), details regarding disability,
Communication and Office address, name of the tests, and also the details
regarding the Second class / Second class Part-D / Third class language
test may be filled by the candidates who apply for the same.
18.The payment is only through online mode i.e. Net banking / Debit card/
Credit card. Other mode of payment will not be allowed/accepted. The
fee details will be generated automatically for the number of tests the
candidate has chosen i.e. Registration fee of Rs.30+Rs.200 x No. of
tests=the amount to be paid.
19. After submitting the payment details in the online application form, wait
for the intimation from the server. Meanwhile do not press “back” or
“Refresh” button to avoid payment failure or double payment.
20.If the process of online application is successfully completed, a message
will be sent to the registered mobile number.
V. General instructions to the candidates:
1) No need to send the application printout or any other documents to the
Commission‟s Office. Only Online submission of application is enough
(except the candidates those who are applying for the II Class / II Class
Part-D & III Class language tests).
2) Applicants are advised in their own interest to apply on-line much before
the closing date and not to wait till the last date to avoid the possibility of
disconnection / inability / failure to log on to the TNPSC's website on
account of heavy load on internet/website.
3) TNPSC does not assume any responsibility for the applicants not being
able to submit their applications within the last date and time on account
of the aforesaid reasons or for any other reason beyond the control of
TNPSC.
4) Every applicant should have his own e-mail ID and Password. No applicant should share
his e-mail ID, Password, Mobile Number with any other person. In case an applicant
does not have a valid personal e-mail ID, he/ she should create a new e-mail ID before
applying on-line and must maintain that email account live.
5) Applicants should carefully fill in the details in the On-Line Application at the
appropriate places and click on the "SUBMIT" button at the end of the On-Line
Application format. Before pressing the "SUBMIT" button, applicants are advised to
verify every particular field in the application. The name of the applicant or name of his
/ her father etc., should be spelt correctly in the application as it appears in the
certificates / mark sheets. Any change / alteration found may lead to disqualification of
the candidature.
6) Commission is not responsible for any data transmission loss / online
interruption or failure.
7) No physical hall tickets will be sent to the candidates individually. Hall
Ticket can be downloaded from the Commission‟s Website from a week
before the commencement of Departmental Examinations till the last day
of examination by presenting the unique online Application Number and
Date of birth.
8) Candidates coming without downloaded hall tickets will not be permitted
to write the examination
Note / குறிப்பு:-
The candidates should write the examination only at the Head quarters of the
District in which they are working, unless or otherwise they are specifically
permitted by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission to write the Examination
in any other Centre. This condition will not apply to the unemployed candidates
and candidates employed in private concerns.
VII. CHANGE OF CENTRE
The candidate will appear for the examination at the centre where he/ she is employed. Any
subsequent claim, in regard to change of centre made thereafter on submission of online application
will not be entertained.
VIII. SCHEDULE OF WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS:-
All the candidates shall be present in examination venue One hour before
(i.e., 8.30 a.m. forenoon and 1.30 p.m. afternoon) the commencement of the
examination. However candidates are not allowed inside the venue after 9.00
a.m and 2.00 p.m in the forenoon and afternoon sessions respectively.
FEE:-
The fee payable for each of the tests included in the Departmental Examinations is given in
the Annexure-III.
Note / குறிப்பு:-
i) Candidates are at liberty to apply for as many tests as the time table allows. If a candidate applies
for two or more tests which are held at one and the same time, he/she will be permitted to write only
one of the tests which may be decided by him/her, even though all the opted tests appear in the
Memorandum of admission.
ii) If, for any reason, the Commission is not satisfied as to the trustworthiness of a candidate‟s
result, the candidate will be required to undergo examination in one or more of the subjects of the
examinations for which he appeared and his success or failure will be determined on the result of
such re – examination.
Candidates are allowed the option to answer the paper in all the tests either in English or in Tamil
or partly in English and partly in Tamil, except for the Language Tests, Translation Tests, General
Educational Test Paper-I, Audit Superintendents of Highways Department - First Paper, Members
of the Staff of the Tamil Nadu Khadhi and Village Industries Board-First Paper.
The classes of persons mentioned in column (2) of Table below are eligible to apply for admission
to the Examination for the purpose specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) subject to
production of the certificate obtained from the authorities mentioned in column (4) thereof:-
i) The authority competent to issue the certificate in respect of persons employed in the Revenue
Department, Commercial Taxes Department and Survey and Land Records Department shall be the
Collector of the District, the Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes concerned and the
Deputy Director of Survey and Land Records, respectively
ii) The candidates who apply for GENERAL EDUCATIONAL TEST (SSLC STANDARD) should
furnish the particulars along with certificate of eligibility duly attested by their Head of the
Department in the format furnished below and handover the same to the Invigilator on the last day
of the examination. Failure to do so will be liable for rejection of their application
XI.SECOND / THIRD CLASS LANGUAGE TEST :
i) The Second Class Language Test (Tamil), is conducted for persons in Government Service and
for persons aspiring for Government service, who have passed S.S.L.C. Public Examination, but
have not studied Tamil as one of the Languages, or not studied the high school course in Tamil
medium of instruction. Such candidates should submit a copy of SSLC Mark List / T.C. during the
Viva Voce Examination.
ii) THE THIRD CLASS LANGUAGE TEST (VIVA VOCE) in Tamil/Telugu is conducted only
for Assistant Curators in the Government Museum and in Hindi / Kannada / Malayalam / Telugu /
Urdu for Probationary Sub-Registrars and Probationary District Registrars in the Registration
Department. Hence the above candidates are directed to inform the details of their employment in
the applications without fail.
iii) The candidates who satisfy the above conditions alone need apply for these tests and those who
are not covered under the above categories are not eligible to apply for the test. The applications if
any, received from candidates other than that of the two categories mentioned above will be
rejected summarily / or made ineligible for the said tests, as the case may be.
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