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{{short description|State government agency}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name = Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
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| abbreviation = TNPSC
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| formation = 1929
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| type = Constitutional body
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| purpose = Recruitment Agency of Tamil Nadu
| headquarters = [[Chennai]] [[Tamilnadu|T.N.]]
| location = TNPSC Road, VOC Nagar, Park Town, Chennai-600003, Tamil Nadu
| coords = {{Coord|13.0852|80.2820|region:IN-TN_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| region_served = [[Tamil Nadu]]
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| leader_title = Chairman
| leader_name = Thiru. Ka. Balachandran [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]](R) <ref>{{cite web|author=Special Correspondent |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/ka-balachandran-appointed-tamil-nadu-public-service-commission-chairperson/article31329283.ece |title=Ka. Balachandran appointed Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission chairperson |work=The Hindu |date=2020-04-13 |access-date=2021-12-08}}</ref>
| leader_title3 = Secretary
| leader_name3 = Tmt. P. Uma Maheswari [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<ref>{{cite web |author=TNPSC | url=https://tnpsc.gov.in/Document/PressEnglish/24_2021_PRESS%20RELEASE.pdf |title=New Secretary and Controller of Examinations for TNPSC 2021
|work=TNPSC |date=2021-06-24 |access-date=2021-12-08 }}</ref>
| leader_title4 = Controller of Examinations
| leader_name4 = Thiru. Kiran Gurrala [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
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| num_staff = 400
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| website = {{url|http://www.tnpsc.gov.in}}
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The '''Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission''' ('''TNPSC''') is a department of the government of [[Tamil Nadu]] that is responsible for governing the recruitment of personnel into the state's public service. It is the successor of the [[Madras]] Service Commission, which came into being under an Act of the Madras Legislature in 1929 and was the first Provincial Public Service Commission in India. It adopted its current name in 1970. TNPSC operates under Articles 315 to 323 of [[Part XIV of the Constitution of India]].<ref>[http://lawmin.nic.in/olwing/coi/coi-english/Const.Pock%202Pg.Rom8Fsss(19).pdf SERVICES UNDER THE UNION AND THE STATES ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203131448/http://lawmin.nic.in/olwing/coi/coi-english/Const.Pock%202Pg.Rom8Fsss(19).pdf |date=3 December 2011 }}</ref>

==History==
In 1923, the [[Government of India|Indian Government]] established a Public Service Commission to examine the salary structure of the Indian Civil Service and the possibility of transferring some of the duties to provincial services. The commission was composed of five Englishmen and four Indians, with [[Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham|Viscount Lee of Fareham]] serving as chairman.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32835|page=4274|date=19 June 1923}}</ref> The commission also addressed the rate of Indianisation of the Indian Civil Service and the Indian Police. It determined a rate which in 15 years would make the Indian Civil Service with a 50% Indian membership and the same in 25 years for the Indian Police.

It was left largely to the discretion of provincial governments to recruit and exercise control over their services, as deemed proper. As a result of the discretionary powers left to provincial Government, the Government of Madras and Punjab proposed to set up their own public service commissions.

Madras Presidency was the first province in India to establish their own service commission when the Madras Service Commission was established under an Act of the Madras Legislature in 1929. The Madras Service Commission started with three members, including the Chairman. After re-organisation of the states in 1957, several state level commissions were constituted. The Madras Service Commission became the Madras Public Service Commission with headquarters at Madras in the year 1957. During 1970, when the name of the state was changed to Tamil Nadu, the Madras Public Service Commission was renamed as the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC).

==Organisation==
Articles 316 to 319 of the Constitution of India deal with the structure of state public service commissions. TNPSC is headed by a Chairman and comprises fourteen other members, all appointed by the Governor of Tamil Nadu, in accordance with the above provisions of the Constitution of India.

The Commission consists of 15 Members including 1 Chairman.

Departments of TNPSC are headed by a Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretaries and Under Secretaries consisting of sections headed by Section Officers and other subordinate staff.

In a Government Order dated 9 August 2011, the Tamil Nadu government brought the Chairman and members of the TNPSC under the purview of the State Vigilance Commission and Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption.<ref>[http://zeenews.india.com/news/tamil-nadu/tn-govt-brings-tnpsc-under-vigilance-purview_726072.html TN govt brings TNPSC under vigilance purview]</ref>

==Functions==
The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission discharges the duties and functions specified in [[Article 320 of the Constitution of India|Article 320]] of the Constitution of India. The commission is required to advise the Government on all matters relating to framing of recruitment rules, principles to be followed in making appointments and promotions and transfers from one service to another service, in respect of disciplinary matters affecting government servants and to conduct examinations for selection of candidates under direct recruitment to the State, Subordinate and Ministerial Services. The commission conducts departmental examinations for government servants and conducts the examination on behalf of the national [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] for admission to the school run by the [[Rashtriya Indian Military College]], [[Dehra Dun]].<ref>[http://www.tnpsc.gov.in/annualreport/ANNUAL%20REPORT%202012-2013.pdf TNPSC ANNUAL REPORT 2012-13]</ref>

The Secretary to the commission holds the responsibility of ensuring implementation of its decisions, besides handling day-to-day administration, departmental promotion committees, oral tests for recruitment, etc. The Controller of Exams is responsible for notifying and conducting recruitment and departmental examinations. Controller of exam also responsible for providing [https://jaagy.in/tnpsc-hall-ticket-2018-tamilnadu-forest-apprentice-admit-card-at-tnpsc-gov-in TNPSC Hall Ticket] which help to identify right candidate during examination and hall ticket help them to prevent any unusual activities in examination.

==Issues==

===Counselling===
To ensure transparency in service/unit allocation, the Commission introduced a Counseling Mode in February 2012.<ref>[http://www.tnpsc.gov.in/counselling.html COUNSELLING]</ref>

===Exam paper leak===
TNPSC cancelled a Group II examination held on 12 August 2012 following allegations that the question paper had been leaked.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/paper-leak-drives-tnpsc-cancel-group-ii-exam-129 | title=Paper leak drives tnpsc cancel group ii exam | publisher=Deccan Chronicle | access-date=2013-05-14}}</ref> This is the first time TNPSC cancelled an examination due to a possible question paper leak.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

===Gender issues ===
Transgender [[S. Swapna]] and gender activist [[Gopi Shankar Madurai]]<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Transgenders-protest-demanding-name-change-in-certificates/articleshow/34351467.cms</ref><ref>{{cite news | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016103336/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-08/madurai/42828401_1_transgenders-gender-variants-collectorate | archive-date=16 October 2013 | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-08/madurai/42828401_1_transgenders-gender-variants-collectorate | title=Transgenders stage protest at collectorate | newspaper=The Times of India | date=8 October 2013 | access-date=16 June 2021 }}</ref> staged a protest in Madurai collectorate on 7 October 2013 demanding reservation and to permit alternate genders to appear for examinations conducted by TNPSC, UPSC, SSC and Bank exams. Swapna, had previously successfully moved the Madras High Court in 2013 when seeking permission to write the TNPSC Group II exam as a woman. Swapna is the first trans person to clear the TNPSC Group IV exams.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Transgender-Clears-TNPSC-Group-IV-Exam/2014/02/09/article2046310.ece#.Uvc-CPmSycw|title = Transgender Clears TNPSC Group IV Exam}}</ref>

===Reforms===
Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission has introduced a series of reforms to ensure free and fair recruitment process with the highest level of transparency in each stage of selection.<ref>[http://www.tnpsc.gov.in/reforms.html Reforms]</ref> Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami has made the announcements during zero hour in the Assembly on 1 June 2018. The upper age limit for those who appear for the examinations being conducted by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission for the services falling under Group I, IA and IB would be raised. For the candidates belonging to the SC/ST/MBC/BC and Denotified Communities, the upper age ceiling would be increased from 35 to 37 and for the rest, the age ceiling would be raised from 30 to 32.<ref>[http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2018/jun/02/upper-age-limit-for-tamil-nadu-public-service-commission-exams-raised-1822672.html TNPSC Age limit]</ref>

===Annual Planner===
Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission has planned to conduct exams to fill around 15000 posts every year and it will be published in the Tamil Nadu government official site <ref>[https://www.tnpsc.gov.in/English/annual_planner.html Annual Planner]</ref> every year 3 December Week<ref>[https://freejobupdates.nixs.in/p/tnpsc-annual-planner-2020.html TNPSC Annual Planner]</ref> and publish exam results in their official website<ref>[https://www.tnpsc.gov.in/English/Results.aspx TNPSC Results]</ref> and in the tamil website for TNPSC<ref>[https://www.tnpsc.gov.in/Tamil/annual_planner.html TNPSC Annual Planner Tamil]</ref>

==See also==
* [[Public Service Commission in india]]
* [[Union Public Service Commission]]
* [[Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board]]
* [[Tamil Nadu Forest Uniformed Services Recruitment Committee]]
* [[Medical Services Recruitment Board]]
* [[Public service commissions in India|List of Public service commissions in India]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.tnpsc.gov.in}}

{{State Organizations of Tamil Nadu}}
{{Standardized tests in India}}
{{Public Service Commissions in India}}
{{Public Services of India}}
{{Civil service}}
{{Indian military academies and colleges}}
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