TNPSC COURSES

Assistant Public Prosecutor

QUALIFICATIONS

AGE CONCESSION

For Persons with Benchmark Disability :

Persons with Benchmark Disability are eligible for age concession upto 10 years over and above the maximum age limit prescribed.

(Section 64 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016)

For Ex-servicemen :

The maximum age limit for ex-servicemen is 48 years.

(Section 63 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016)

The above mentioned age concession will not apply to the ex-servicemen applicants who have already been recruited to any class or service or category.

(Section 3(j) of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016)

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION (as on 25.08.2021)

Applicants should possess the following or its equivalent qualification awarded by any University or Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission:

i) Must possess B.L. degree, ii) Must be a member of the Bar, iii) Must possess adequate knowledge of Tamil

iv) Experience: Must have had active practice in „criminal courts’ for a period of not less than five years.

FEES

EXAMINATION FEE CONCESSIONS:

Note:

The total number of free chances availed, will be calculated on the basis of claims made in previous applications.
The number of free chances availed by the applicant may be verified by the Commission at any stage of the selection process.
In case an applicant who makes a false claim for exemption from payment of application fee by suppressing information regarding his previous application(s) his candidature shall be rejected and he shall be debarred for a period of one year from appearing for examinations and selections conducted by the Commission.
Applicants are directed to carefully choose the options „Yes‟ or „No‟ regarding availing the fee concession. The choice made, cannot be modified or edited after successful submission of online application.
Applicants are advised in their own interest, to keep an account of the number of times fee concession has been availed, irrespective of the information displayed in the <Application History> of the applicant dashboard.
An application (irrespective of the post applied for) claiming fee concession will operate to exclude one chance from the number of free chances allowed.
Applicants who have availed the maximum number of free chances permitted / applicants who do not wish to avail of the fee concession / applicants who are not eligible for fee concession, shall choose the option „No‟ against the query regarding fee concession. Such applicants shall thereafter pay the requisite fee through the prescribed mode of payment.
Failure to pay the prescribed fee along with the online application, will result in the rejection of application. (For further details regarding examination fee concession refer to Para 6 of „Instructions to Applicants‟)

CONCESSIONS

Concessions in the matter of age and/or examination fees allowed to SCs, SC(A)s, STs, MBC(V)s, MBCs and DNCs, MBCs, BC(OBCM)s, BCMs, Destitute Widows, Persons with Benchmark Disability and Ex-servicemen are given in 3D, 5 and 6 of the ‘Instructions to Applicants’.
Persons claiming concessions referred to above and other claims made in the application have to produce evidence for such claims when called for, otherwise their application will be

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

(PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION)OBJECTIVE TYPE (OMR METHOD) :

DURATION: 2 HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100

NOTE:
a) No candidate who has secured less than the minimum qualifying marks specified above shall be eligible for Main Written Examination.
b) The preliminary examination is conducted for the purpose of short listing the candidates and the marks obtained in the preliminary examination shall not be counted for determining the final order of merit of the candidates.
c)The question paper will be set in both English and Tamil.

(ii) MAIN WRITTEN EXAMINATION ( BACHELOR‟S DEGREE STANDARD – DESCRIPTIVE TYPE) AND (iii) ORAL TEST

NOTE:
1. The question paper will be set in both English and Tamil.
2. Refer to para. 17 of “Instructions to Applicants” with regard to Instructions to be followed while appearing for competitive Examinations conducted by the Commission.
3. Candidates who have not appeared for any of the papers in the main written examination and oral test will not be considered for final selection.
(For further details refer to para. 18 (b)(vii) (a) of the “Instructions to
Applicants”)
4. The syllabus for the written examination (preliminary and main) is available in the Annexure (III and IV) to this notification.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:

Selection will be made in three successive stages viz., (i) Preliminary Examination for selection of applicants for admission to the Main Written Examination (ii) Main Written Examination and (iii) Oral Test in the shape of an interview. Final selection will be made on the basis of the total marks obtained by the applicants in the main written examination and oral test taken together subject to the rule of reservation of appointments. Applicant‟s appearance in the main written examination and oral test is compulsory. The applicant who has not appeared for any of the paper in the Main Written Examination will not be considered for selection even if he/she secures the minimum qualifying marks for selection. (For further details refer to para 18(A) & (B) of the „Instructions to Applicants‟)

CENTRES FOR EXAMINATION:

CENTRES FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

CENTRE FOR MAIN EXAMINATION:–

Main Written Examination will be held at Chennai only.

Note:

Applicants should choose any two of the above centres for writing the examination. However, applicants with benchmark disability (differently – abled applicants), shall be permitted to choose only one district centre. (for further details refer para 2(R) of Instructions to Applicants)
Request for change of examination centre will not be permitted (For further details refer Para 17(A)(ii) of “Instructions to Applicants ”)
The Commission reserves the right to increase or decrease the number of examination centres and to re-allot the applicants accordingly.
Applicants should appear for the written examinations / certificate verification / oral test at their own expenses.

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

Candidates who are in the service of the Indian Union or a State in India or in the employment of Local Bodies or Universities or Quasi Government Organizations or Public Sector Units constituted under the authority of the Government of India or of a State in India, whether in regular service or in temporary service must inform the Commission of such fact, at the time of applying. Suppression of the fact of employment by candidates shall result in rejection of candidature. [For further details refer para. 14 (P) of “Instructions to Applicants‟]

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

DECLARATION REGARDING CRIMINAL CASES (OR) DISCIPLINARY CASES

Candidates who have declared pending criminal or disciplinary cases in their online application, must upload / produce the copy of First Information Report (FIR) or memorandum of charges / show cause notice, as the case may be. Failure to upload / produce such papers when called for, shall result in rejection of candidature.
Candidates who have declared conviction in criminal cases or punishment in disciplinary cases, in their online application, must upload / produce the relevant court orders and/or release orders or memorandum of proceedings, as the case may be, when called for. Failure to upload / produce such papers, shall result in rejection of candidature.
In case of any criminal case is filed / disciplinary action is taken against or conviction / punishment is imposed on a candidate after submission of the online application at any stage of the recruitment process before the completion of entire selection process such candidates should report this fact to the Commission in the next immediate stage when Commission calls for uploading/ producing documents. Failure to comply with these instructions shall result in rejection of candidature and debarment for a period of one year.

[Para. 14 (S) of “Instructions to Applicants‟]

Any violation of instruction therein will result in rejection of application and forfeiture of his/her candidature.

GENERAL INFORMATION

(A) The rule of reservation of appointments is applicable to this recruitment. (B) Person Studied in Tamil Medium

As per Section 2(d) of the Tamil Nadu Appointment on preferential basis in the services under the State of Persons Studied in Tamil Medium Act, 2010, as amended by Act 35 of 2020, Person studied in Tamil medium means a person who has studied through Tamil medium of instruction upto the educational qualification prescribed for direct recruitment in the rules or regulations or orders applicable to any appointment in the services under the State.
Candidates claiming to be Persons studied in Tamil Medium (PSTM) must upload / produce evidence for the same in the form of SSLC, HSC, Transfer Certificate, Provisional Certificate , Convocation Certificate, Degree Certificate, PG Degree Certificate, Mark Sheets, Certificate from the Board or University or from the Institution, as the case may be, with a recording that he/she had studied the entire duration of the respective course(s) through Tamil Medium of instruction.
Candidates must upload / produce documents as evidence of having studied in the Tamil medium, all educational qualification upto the educational qualification prescribed.

Example:

If the prescribed educational qualification is Degree, then the candidate should have studied the SSLC, Higher Secondary Course and Degree through Tamil Medium of instruction.[Refer para 14(R) (iii) example (d) of Instructions to Applicants]

If no such document as evidence for „PSTM‟ is available, a certificate from the Registrar / Principal / Head Master / Controller of Examinations / Director of the Educational Institution, as the case may be, in the prescribed format must be uploaded / produced, for each and every educational qualification up to the educational qualification prescribed.
Failure to upload / produce such documents as evidence for „Persons Studied in Tamil Medium‟ for all educational qualification up to the educational qualification prescribed, shall result in the rejection of candidature after due process.
Documents uploaded / produced as proof of having studied in Tamil medium, for the partial duration of any course / private appearance at any examination, shall not be accepted and shall result in the rejection of candidature.

(For further details refer to para. 14 (R) of the “Instructions to Applicants”)

The selection for appointment to the said posts is purely provisional subject to the final orders in the writ petitions, if any, pending on the files of the Hon‟ble High Court of Madras and its Madurai Bench.
As per Sections 26 and 27(c) of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016, reservation of appointment to “Destitute Widows” and “Exservicemen” will not apply to this recruitment.
PERSONS WITH BENCHMARK DISABILITY :

As per G.O. (Ms.) No. 23, Welfare of Differently Abled Persons (DAP.3.2) Department, dated 20.07.2018, the said post have been identified as suitable for differently abled persons with the following disabilities – LD, LC, DF, AC, [LD- Loco-motor disability, LC- Leprosy cured, DF-Dwarfism, AC-Acid attack victims].

Persons with Benchmark Disability should submit / upload a copy of Disability Certificate in the format prescribed in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 [Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India] and issued by the competent authority defined in GO Ms. No. 28, Welfare of Differently Abled Persons (DAP 3.1), dated 27.07.2018. [For further details refer Para. 14 (M) of “Instructions to Applicants‟]
If no qualified and suitable women applicants are available for selection against the vacancies reserved for them, those vacancies will be filled by male applicants belonging to the respective communal categories. (Section 26(5) of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016).
Wherever vacancies are reserved for Arunthathiyars on preferential basis, even after filling the vacancies reserved for SC (Arunthathiyars) on preferential basis, if more number of qualified Arunthathiyars are available, they shall be entitled to compete with the Scheduled Castes other than Arunthathiyars in the interse-merit among them and if any posts reserved for Arunthathiyars remain unfilled for want of adequate number of qualified applicants, it shall be filled by Scheduled Castes other than Arunthathiyars. (Section 27 of the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016).

(I)Evidence for all the claims made in the online application should be uploaded / submitted in time when documents are called for. Any subsequent claim made after submission of online application will not be entertained. Failure to upload / submit the documents within the stipulated time limit will entail rejection of application after due process.

Suppression of following material information in the online application regarding (i) free chances availed (ii) Employment in the Service of the Indian Union or a State in India or in the employment of Local Bodies or University or Quasi Government Organization or Public Sector units constituted under the authority of the Government of India or of a State in India in regular service or temporary service (iii) Wilful suppression of criminal cases / disciplinary action pending / punishments if any, against the applicant (iv) violation of undertaking given by the applicant in the online application etc,. may invite suitable penal action including debarment for a specific period as decided by the Commission for various recruitments/ selections conducted by the Commission, besides rejection of application.
Correct and true information regarding arrest, convictions, criminal or any disciplinary proceedings initiated / pending or finalised, debarment / disqualification by any recruiting agency, participation in agitation or any political organisation, candidature in election for Parliament / State Legislature / Local Bodies etc, if any, should also be furnished to the Commission at the time of application.

The details thereof, i.e. originals of the judgement / order / G.O. dropping further action in the departmental proceedings or any document that may prove the suitability of such applicants for appointment in such cases must be produced at the stage / time of certificate verification without fail. All such events that occur after the submission of application and till the date of his / her selection and appointment shall be reported to the Commission forthwith. Failure to report on the part of the applicant will be considered as suppression of material information and will attract suitable penal action.

Incomplete applications and applications containing wrong claims or incorrect particulars relating to category of reservation / eligibility / age /gender / communal category / educational qualification / medium of instruction / physical qualification / other basic qualifications and other basic eligibility criteria will be summarily rejected after due process.
One Time Registration is not an application for any post / recruitment. Though the details/particulars have already been furnished by the applicants under One Time Registration system, the claims made in the online application for this recruitment alone will be taken into consideration. The Commission will not be responsible for any consequences arising out of furnishing of incorrect and incomplete details in the application or omission to provide the required details in the application for this recruitment.
Refer Annexure-I of this notification regarding determination of community and reservation in employment for Third Gender.
Determination of Community for Third Gender:
The Third Gender candidates, who do not possess any community certificate may choose to be considered under Most Backward Classes as per G.O.(Ms) No.28, Backward Classes, Most Backward Class and Minorities Welfare Department, dated 06.04.2015 or under „others‟.
The Third Gender candidates who belong to Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Caste (Arunthathiyar)/ Scheduled Tribe communities and possess community certificate as such, shall be considered as per their respective community.
The Third Gender candidates who belong to the communities other than Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Caste (Arunthathiyar) / Scheduled Tribe and possess community certificate as such are permitted to choose to be considered as belonging to their own community or as Most Backward Class whichever is advantageous to them, at the time of One Time Registration itself. Once the individual opts to be considered as a particular community, it shall be crystallized and this option shall not be changed in future. [Refer Para. 14 (F) (vi – xi) of “Instructions to Applicants‟]
Reservation in Employment for Third Gender:-
The Third Gender candidates who identify themselves as „Female‟ shall be considered against both 30% reservation for women as well as 70% reservation for the General category (both Men & Women).
The Third Gender candidates, who identify themselves as „Male‟ or „Transgender‟, shall be considered against the 70 % reservation for General category (both Men & Women).

The above concessions shall be granted subject to production of certificate identifying them as Third Gender or Third Gender (Male) or Third Gender (Female), as the case may be, issued by the Tamil Nadu Third Gender Welfare Board (TNTGWB).”

OTHER IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:

Applicants should ensure their eligibility for the examination. Before applying for / appearing for the examination, the applicants should ensure their eligibility for such examination and that they fulfil all the conditions in regard to age, educational qualifications, number of chances for fee concession, etc., as prescribed by the Commission‟s notification. Their admission to all stages of the examination will be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the eligibility conditions. Mere admission to the written examination / certificate verification / oral test / counselling or inclusion of name in the selection list will not confer on the candidates any right to appointment. The candidature is therefore, provisional at all stages and the Commission reserves the right to reject candidature at any stage, even after selection has been made, if a wrong claim or violation of rules or instructions is confirmed.

[Refer Para. 11 (B) (C) and (D) of “Instructions to Applicants‟]

The memorandum of admission (hall ticket) for eligible applicants will be made available in the Commission‟s website tnpscexams.in / www.tnpsc.gov.in for downloading by applicants. The memorandum of admission will not be sent by post. The applicants must comply with each and every instruction given in the memorandum of admission.

[Refer in Note (g) under Para 2(V) of “Instructions to applicants”]

Applicants requiring clarification, can contact the office of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission in person or over the Toll-Free No.1800 425 1002 on all working days between 10.00 am and 5.45 pm. Queries relating to One Time Registration/ online application may be sent to helpdesk@tnpscexams.in. Other queries may be sent to contacttnpsc@gmail.com. [Refer in Note (h),(i),(j) under Para 2(V) of “Instructions to applicants”]

d)COMMUNICATION TO APPLICANTS: Individual communication regarding the date and time of certificate verification, oral test and counselling (as applicable) will not be sent to the applicants by post. The details will be made available on the Commission‟s website. Applicants will be informed of the above fact only through SMS and e-mail and they should watch the Commission‟s website in this regard. Commission is not responsible for non-delivery of SMS/e-mail due to any reasons.

During the process of recruitment from Notification till completion of Selection process, no information under Right to Information Act, CM Cell petitions, GRC would be furnished.
MOBILE PHONES AND OTHER ARTICLES BANNED :
1. Except the permitted writing material (Black ball point pen), applicants are not allowed to bring cellular phones, electronic or any other type of calculators, watches and rings with inbuilt memory notes, recording devices either as a separate piece or part of something used by the applicant such as watch or ring etc or any other electronic devices and non – electronic devices such as P&G design data book, mathematical and drawing instruments, log tables, stencils of maps, slide rules books, notes, loose sheets, rough sheets, hand bags etc., into the examination hall / room.
2. If they are found to be in possession of any such things or instruments, they will not be allowed to write the examination further, besides invalidation of answer paper and / or debarment. If it is considered necessary, they will be subjected to thorough physical search including frisking on the spot.

Applicants are advised, in their own interest, not to bring any of the banned items including mobile phones to the venue of the examination, as arrangements for safekeeping of the same cannot be assured. (For further details refer Para 17-E to “Instructions to Applicants ”).

Unless specific instruction is given, applicants are not required to submit along with their application any certificates (in support of their claims regarding age, educational qualifications, physical qualification, community, physical disability etc.,) which should be submitted when called for by the Commission. Applicants applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil all the eligibility conditions for admission to the examination. Their admission at all the stages of examination for which they are admitted by the Commission will be purely provisional, subject to their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If, on

verification at any time before or after the written examination / certificate verification / oral test , it is found that they do not fulfil any of the eligibility conditions, their candidature for the recruitment will be rejected summarily by the Commission.

If any of their claims is found to be incorrect, it will lead to rejection of their candidature and suitable penal action including debarment.
UNFAIR MEANS STRICTLY PROHIBITED: No applicant shall copy from the papers of any other applicant or permit his / her papers to be copied or give or attempt to give or obtain or attempt to obtain irregular assistance of any description.

CONDUCT IN THE EXAMINATION HALL: No applicant should misbehave in any manner or create a disorderly scene in the examination hall or harass the staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of the examination. Any such misconduct will be viewed seriously and penalised.

For violation of “Instructions to Applicants” in any manner, suitable penalty will be imposed as per Para 17 –E to “Instructions to Applicants ” or as deemed fit by the Commission.

(l) Tentative answer keys will be hosted in the Commission‟s website within 3 days from the date of conduct of objective type examination. Candidates can challenge the tentative answer keys of the objective type examination through the „Answer Key Challenge‟ window available in the Commission‟s website [Results → Answer Keys].

Representations, if any, challenging the tentative answer keys shall be submitted only through online mode within seven days from the date of publication of tentative answer keys. Representations received by post or email will receive no attention.

Detailed instructions, procedures to challenge the tentative answer keys have been made available in the Commission‟s website. Representations made online / offline after the closure of the window will also receive no attention.

The challenges submitted on time, through the online mode, shall be referred to a committee comprising of experts in each subject. The decision on the final answer key shall be made, based on the recommendations of the expert committee and paper evaluation shall commence thereafter.

The Commission shall not publish the final answer key until the completion of the entire selection process.

Requests from candidates for furnishing of their marks or answer paper copy before the completion of the entire selection process, will not be entertained by the Commission.

After conclusion of the entire selection process, complete particulars of all candidates who had applied for recruitment to the post shall be made available on the Commission‟s website.

[Refer Para 17(D) (v) to (xiii) of “Instructions to Applicants”]

HOW TO APPLY

1) Applicants should apply only through online mode in the Commission‟s websites www.tnpsc.gov.in or www.tnpscexams.in

2)“One Time Registration” using Aadhaar is mandatory before applying for any post. Applicant should register only once in the One Time Registration by paying Rs.150/- as registration fee. Successfully registered One Time Registration is valid for five years from the date of registration. All the applications should be submitted using the One Time Registration ID and password registered by the applicant.

To apply under One Time Registration system, applicants should have a scanned image of their photograph, certificates specified, if any, and signature in CD/DVD/Pen Drive to upload the same, as per the specifications given in the guidelines for scanning and uploading of photograph and signature.
No applicant is permitted to create more than one registration ID under One Time Registration system.
Applicants should enter the Unique ID and password to view the already available information and update them. They shall not share the ID with any other person or agency.
One Time Registration is not an application for any post. It is just a collection of information from the applicants and provides a separate dashboard to each applicant to facilitate maintenance of their own profile. Applicants who wish to apply for this recruitment shall click “Apply ” against the recruitment notified in the Commission‟s website using the same USER ID and PASSWORD given for ONE TIME REGISTRATION.
Applicants should select the name of the post for which the applicant wishes to apply.
Online applications uploaded without the photograph, details of specified documents and signature will be rejected.
All the particulars mentioned in the online application will be considered as final and no modifications will be allowed after the submission of the application. Once an application is submitted, no further request for change of details will be entertained. Hence, the applicants are instructed to fill the online application with utmost care and caution as no correspondence regarding change of details will be entertained.