The Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) has nearly tripled the number of posts in the Group C Services Combined Preliminary Exam 2026, from 5,707 to 16,717. In a corrigendum dated 6 November, it has also moved the prelims from 3 January to 24 January 2027, and it will accept new applications from 13 to 27 November.
The exam was advertised on 25 June 2026 with 2,619 posts. A July corrigendum raised that to 5,707, and this one adds more posts from new government requisitions.
The biggest posts
| Post | Posts |
|---|---|
| Clerk-Typist (various appointing authorities) | 3,966 |
| Staff Nurse (Medical Education and Drugs Department) | 3,911 |
| Village Revenue Officer (Talathi) | 1,840 |
| Craft Instructor | 1,388 |
| Assistant Agriculture Officer | 1,203 |
| Civil Engineering Assistant (Water Resources) | 949 |
| Civil Engineering Assistant (Public Works) | 934 |
| Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector | 461 |
The corrigendum lists 27 post types in all. Its annexures give the category-wise reservation, posts for persons with disabilities and the qualifications for each post.
Who can apply now
- If you did not apply before: you can apply now if you qualify for any of the posts. The state has given a one-year relaxation in the upper age limit for government recruitment (order of 5 November 2026), so some candidates who were too old earlier can now apply.
- If you already applied: you do not need to apply again. If you qualify for any newly added posts, choose them on mpsconline.gov.in: go to My Account, click View against this advertisement, then Recheck Eligibility. There is no extra fee.
- Choose carefully. MPSC says the posts you choose now cannot be changed later, and the claims in your original application stay as they are.
Key dates
| Applications and post choices | 2 PM, 13 November to 11:59 PM, 27 November 2026 |
| Last date to pay the fee | 11:59 PM, 30 November 2026 (online only; the challan option is closed) |
| Preliminary exam | 24 January 2027 (was 3 January) |
| Mains | Date to be announced separately |
More posts may still be added until the prelims result, MPSC says. If another exam you are taking falls on 24 January, MPSC says the choice is yours to make. For the syllabus and earlier papers, see the MPSC page on AglaSem Career.
Source: MPSC corrigendum to Advertisement No. 017/2026, Maharashtra Group-C Services Combined Preliminary Examination 2026, dated 6 November 2026, on mpsc.gov.in.
