TGPSC notifies 102 Mandal Planning and Statistical Officer posts; apply online from 30 October to 27 November

The Telangana Public Service Commission (TGPSC) has notified 102 vacancies for Mandal Planning and Statistical Officers / Assistant Statistical Officers in the Directorate of Economics and Statistics. Under Notification No. 07/G/ES/2026, dated 28 October 2026, candidates can apply online on the Commission’s website, www.tgpsc.gov.in, from 30 October 2026. The last date is 27 November 2026, at 5 pm.

The posts are in the zonal cadre and carry a pay scale of Rs 36,750 to Rs 1,06,990. Applicants must be between 18 and 44 years old as on 1 July 2026, after a government order raised the upper limit from 34 years. SC, ST, BC and EWS candidates get five more years, and persons with disabilities ten. A bachelor’s degree with Statistics as a main subject qualifies, and so does a degree with Mathematics, Economics, Commerce or Computer Science as a main subject, provided Statistics was studied as a paper in at least one year of the course.

Local reservation applies, and the vacancies are spread across the seven zones:

• Zone I (Kaleshwaram): 12
• Zone II (Basara): 14
• Zone III (Rajanna): 15
• Zone IV (Bhadradri): 17
• Zone V (Yadadri): 7
• Zone VI (Charminar): 25
• Zone VII (Jogulamba): 12

The application processing fee is Rs 1,000 for OC and BC candidates and Rs 500 for SC, ST and PwD candidates. An examination fee of Rs 80 is waived for unemployed applicants but must be paid by government employees. First-time applicants have to complete One Time Registration (OTR) on the website to get a TGPSC ID before they apply.

Two papers, 300 marks

Selection rests on an objective-type written examination, held either on OMR sheets or as a computer-based test. Paper I, General Studies and General Abilities, and Paper II, Statistics at degree level, each carry 150 questions for 150 marks in 150 minutes. The minimum qualifying mark is 40 per cent for OC, EWS and sportspersons, 35 per cent for BCs and 30 per cent for SC, ST and disabled candidates. The examination will be held in Hyderabad (including the HMDA area), Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal and Nizamabad, and TGPSC said the exact schedule would be announced separately; the notification lists January 2027 as the tentative month.

The previous recruitment for these posts, Notification No. 12/2018, was for 474 vacancies at a pay scale of Rs 24,440 to Rs 71,510.