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The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) called disconnected the Combined Civil Services Examination-II (Group II and IIA Services) main introspection scheduled connected Sunday (February 8, 2026) pursuing chaos and disorder caused by incorrect allocation of centres to candidates successful Chennai. TNPSC consequently postponed the introspection without prescribing a date.
On Sunday, candidates protested successful Chennai after many of them were not permitted to look for the introspection astatine the designated centre allocated for them. According to the TNPSC, the candidates volition person accusation astir the hallway tickets for the introspection by SMS and email 15 days up of the rescheduled introspection date.
The introspection was meant to prime aspirants for posts specified arsenic Assistant Inspector successful Tamil Nadu Labour Subordinate Service successful the Department of Labour, Junior Employment Officer successful the Tamil Nadu General Subordinate Service successful the Department of Employment and Training, Probation Officer successful Tamil Nadu Social Defence Subordinate Service successful the Department of Children Welfare and Special Services, Sub Registrar, Grade-II successful the Tamil Nadu Registration Subordinate Service successful the Department of Registration, Special Branch Assistant in the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service in Greater Chennai Police, Forester in Tamil Nadu Forest Subordinate Service successful the Department of Forests.
First clip a large exam postponed connected scheduled day: AIADMK
Opposition parties deed retired astatine the M.K. Stalin Government for cancelling Sunday’s exam pursuing a goof-up successful centre allotment astatine Chennai.
AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami termed the DMK authorities an “incompetent administration” that lacks the quality to behaviour adjacent an important examination.”
In a statement, Mr. Palaniswami said the postponement had exposed the existent authorities of the medication successful Tamil Nadu and noted this was the archetypal clip a large introspection had been postponed connected the precise time it was scheduled, owing to issues related to hallway tickets and disorder astatine introspection centres.
“What is adjacent much shocking is that reports are emerging from respective places that candidates were unaware of the postponement and really wrote the examination. The DMK medication is trying to shirk its work by hiding down the vague excuse of a ‘technical fault’. Do not hide however important the Group 2 introspection is, and that down that alleged ‘fault’ prevarication the shattered hopes and years of hard enactment of countless young aspirants,” helium said.
Recalling the DMK’s 2021 predetermination manifesto committedness to supply 5.5 lakh jobs, which helium said has “already vanished into bladed air,” Mr. Palaniswami told candidates to proceed their efforts with anticipation and confidence. “In 2026, the AIADMK authorities volition fulfil the dreams of the youth,” helium added.
Govt. failed to marque basal arrangements: PMK
PMK person Anbumani said the authorities had failed to marque adjacent the “basic arrangements” required to behaviour the TNPSC Group 2 main examinations. He pointed retired 9,223 candidates were scheduled to look for the introspection successful the greeting league and 9,244 candidates successful the evening session.
In a statement, helium said allocating introspection centres and assigning candidates was a task that adjacent a inferior assistant-level worker astatine the TNPSC could transportation retired accurately. “Yet, contempt supervision by the TNPSC Chairman, Secretary, and Controller of Examinations—three IAS officers—and six committee members, specified large-scale disorder has occurred. This intelligibly shows the grade to which the TNPSC medication has deteriorated,” helium said.
“The DMK authorities is functioning successful a authorities wherever it is incapable to behaviour adjacent the astir basal competitory introspection without chaos,” helium added.
