Maharashtra govt approves one-year age relaxation for recruitment exams, panel proposes over 16,000 MPSC Group C vacancies

Mumbai The Maharashtra government on Thursday (November 5, 2026) approved a one-time, one-year relaxation in the upper age limit for recruitment examinations, following recommendations by a high-level committee that also proposed increasing Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) Group C vacancies to over 16,000. The seven-member committee, headed by Additional Chief Secretary V.

Radha, was constituted on September 4 to review the State’s recruitment examination system and recommend measures to improve transparency and prevent irregularities. It submitted its interim report to the government on Thursday (November 5, 2026).