Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
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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.[3]
History
In 1923, the 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 Viscount Lee of Fareham serving as chairman.[4] 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.[5]
Functions
The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission discharges the duties and functions specified in 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 for admission to the school run by the Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehra Dun.[6]
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 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.[7]
Exam paper leak
TNPSC cancelled a Group II examination held on 12 August 2012 following allegations that the question paper had been leaked.[8] This is the first time TNPSC cancelled an examination due to a possible question paper leak.[citation needed]
Gender issues
Transgender S. Swapna and gender activist Gopi Shankar Madurai[9][10] 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.[11]
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.[12] 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.[13]
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[14] every year 3 December Week[15] and publish exam results in their official website[16] and in the Tamil website for TNPSC[17]
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
- List of Public service commissions in India
References
- ^ "The Commission". tnpsc.gov.in. Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ TNPSC (24 June 2021). "New Secretary and Controller of Examinations for TNPSC 2021" (PDF). TNPSC. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ SERVICES UNDER THE UNION AND THE STATES Archived 3 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 32835". The London Gazette. 19 June 1923. p. 4274.
- ^ TN govt brings TNPSC under vigilance purview
- ^ TNPSC ANNUAL REPORT 2012-13
- ^ COUNSELLING
- ^ "Paper leak drives tnpsc cancel group ii exam". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ "Transgenders protest demanding name change in certificates | Madurai News – Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Transgenders stage protest at collectorate". The Times of India. 8 October 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Transgender Clears TNPSC Group IV Exam". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014.
- ^ Reforms
- ^ TNPSC Age limit
- ^ Annual Planner
- ^ TNPSC Annual Planner
- ^ TNPSC Results
- ^ TNPSC Annual Planner Tamil
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- TNPSC Books and guide
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