Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission

Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
State agency overview
Formed1929 (95 years ago) (1929)
Preceding State agency
  • Madras Public Service Commission
TypeConstitutional body
JurisdictionTamil Nadu
StatusActive
HeadquartersChennai
13°05′07″N 80°16′55″E / 13.0852°N 80.2820°E / 13.0852; 80.2820
State agency executives
  • S.K.Prabakar IAS, Chairman
  • P. Uma Maheswari IAS[1], Secretary
  • Thiru. Kiran Gurrala IAS, Controller of Examinations
Websitetnpsc.gov.in

The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) is a government body of the state of Tamil Nadu, India, responsible for the recruitment of candidates for various state government jobs through competitive examinations. 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.[2]

  1. ^ TNPSC (24 June 2021). "New Secretary and Controller of Examinations for TNPSC 2021" (PDF). TNPSC. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  2. ^ SERVICES UNDER THE UNION AND THE STATES Archived 3 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine