TNPSC CTSE Interview Posts 2026: 170 Vacancies, Eligibility and Apply

TNPSC Combined Technical Services Examination (Interview Posts) Notification No. 8/2026 is open for online applications from 7 September to 6 October 2026 at 11:59 PM. The notice lists 170 tentative vacancies across 31 specialist cadres, including Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Senior Entomologist, engineering, finance, reporting, statistics, library, planning and systems roles. The useful way to read this recruitment is post first, not headline first: every cadre has its own qualification, age ceiling, experience or registration rule, and some posts carry a Tamil-knowledge exception. This evening guide brings the official notice together with the current AvsarIQ record so applicants can check the correct row, exam papers, fees and final submission steps. It is an evidence-backed comparison, not a final decision about any reader’s eligibility.

The official notification is dated 31 August 2026 and the application window opened on 7 September. Examination dates are not announced yet. The online correction window is scheduled for 10 October 2026 at 12:01 AM through 12 October 2026 at 11:59 PM. The examination fee is ₹200 for this recruitment, with an additional ₹200 for each additional subject paper selected where the notice requires it. A separate One Time Registration (OTR) costs ₹150 and is valid for five years; OTR by itself is not an application. Vacancies and their distribution remain tentative and can be modified before written-examination results.

This is not a single-qualification graduate recruitment. The notice combines 31 cadres spread across departments, boards and public-sector organisations. The largest block is Veterinary Assistant Surgeon with 79 posts. Other visible clusters include Senior Entomologist, Senior Officer (Technical), Assistant Manager, English Reporter, District Library Officer, Research Assistant, Assistant Director of Industries and Commerce (Technical), Tamil Reporter and Assistant Director of Statistics. The remaining cadres include planning, psychology, finance, company secretarial, textile, port, systems and senior-management roles. The vacancy table is tentative, so the post code and reservation row in the official PDF should control any application decision.

The minimum age is 21 for all posts, but the upper age shown in the post-wise table varies. Examples include 32 years for several cadres, 37 years for some senior or technical roles, 40 years for Port Officer and 47 years for one Assistant General Manager (Finance) route. The notice’s ‘no maximum age limit’ wording for reserved categories is accompanied by its own rule about not having completed 60 years as on 1 July 2026 or at selection/appointment. That is a notice-specific boundary, not an unlimited-age promise. Qualifications and required experience must be held on the date of notification, 31 August 2026, unless the particular row states another condition.

Adequate knowledge in Tamil is generally required under the notification’s definition, such as Tamil studied in the prescribed school or degree route or the specified Commission language test. The notice identifies exceptions for Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Research Assistant, Port Officer and System Analyst. Applicants should use the exact exception and qualification clauses rather than assuming that one Tamil rule applies uniformly to every cadre. Experience certificates, equivalence orders and registrations are not interchangeable: if a row requires them, the supporting document must match that row and the stated cutoff.

The selection structure has two stages: a written examination and an interview, with onscreen certificate verification before physical certificate verification and interview. For most posts, Paper I includes a Tamil Eligibility Test, General Studies and Aptitude and Mental Ability; Paper II is the post-linked subject paper. The interview carries 60 marks. Final ranking combines the written marks specified by the notice with interview marks, subject to reservation and counselling rules. Appearance in Paper I, Paper II and the interview is compulsory; clearing a minimum mark without attending all required stages does not preserve selection consideration.

Paper I Part A is a gate in the published scheme: Paper II and the other evaluated portions are handled only after the stated minimum is secured in the Tamil Eligibility Test. Part B and Part C questions are set in English and Tamil. Differently abled candidates may have a Part A exemption under the notification’s specific rule, and the notice separately identifies posts for which the general Tamil-knowledge instruction does not apply. Because paper codes and subject papers are tied to the post, choosing a paper from memory or from another TNPSC recruitment can create a submission problem.

The strongest way to approach TNPSC CTSE Interview Posts 08/2026 is to narrow from the 170-post headline to one exact cadre, one qualification row and one subject-paper route. The official PDF is the authority for the technical details; the TNPSC listing and application portal are the live route for dates and submission. AvsarIQ currently links the verified opportunity and presents the current deadline in its data block, but the final application decision remains with the Commission’s notice and the documents the applicant submits.