TNPSC Annual Planner 2026: Exam Dates, What's Left and the 2027 Planner

Every notification came out on the day the planner said. That matches what TNPSC said when it released the planner: that in 2024 and 2025 too, all its notifications were issued on the announced dates (reported by Dinamalar).

Exam dates held less well. Five of the six moved, mostly by one to three weeks, and the sixth (the technical interview-post exam) has no confirmed date yet. Group 4 moved by three weeks, from 20 December into the new year.

What this means when you plan:

• Trust the planner's notification date. You can plan to apply on it.

• Treat the planner's exam date as a target. It can slip by a few weeks; the notification and the hall ticket fix the real date.

• Start preparing from the planner, not the notification. For Group 4, the gap between notification and exam has been as short as 11 weeks.

The 2024 dates are from TNPSC's revised 2024 planner; the exam was held on the planned day. The 2025 dates are from Notification No. 07/2025 and the exam as held; the 2026 dates are from Notification No. 11/2026.

As of 11 October 2026:

• Group 4: apply at tnpscexams.in until 5 November, 11:59 PM. The correction window is 9 to 11 November, and the exam is on 10 January 2027, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Vacancies, fees and the application steps are in our Group 4 notification 2026 guide.

• Group 2/2A: prelims on 1 November; hall tickets are downloaded online and not sent by post (reported).

• Combined Technical Services, Diploma/ITI: the exam is under way; your hall ticket shows your own paper dates (reported).

• Combined Technical Services, Interview Posts: applications closed on 6 October and the correction window runs from 10 to 12 October; the notification says the exam dates will be announced later.

• Group 1: the prelims was written on 27 September; the result and mains dates are awaited.

The 2026 planner has nothing after Group 4. Its notes say exams can be added or dropped, so a notification outside the planner is possible, but none has been announced.

TNPSC Group 1 notification 2026 and exam date

Group 1 (Combined Civil Services Examination–I) was notified on 23 June 2026 under Notification No. 05/2026 for 26 posts, with applications from 30 June to 29 July (reported by Careers360). The prelims, planned for 6 September, was held on 27 September 2026 at 38 district centres (reported by Careers360), by then for 46 posts (reported by Dinamalar). It is a screening test for the mains, whose dates TNPSC has not announced yet.

TNPSC Group 2 notification 2026 and prelims date

Group 2/2A (Combined Civil Services Examination–II) was notified on 11 August 2026 for 821 posts, 41 in Group II and 780 in Group IIA, with applications until 9 September (reported by PW). Addendum 7A/2026 of 3 September raised this to 846: 43 Group II and 803 Group IIA posts. The prelims is on 1 November 2026, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM, a week after the planner's 25 October. It is a degree-level exam.

Thervu's TNPSC mock tests follow the Group 4 pattern; we don't run separate Group 1 or Group 2/2A tests. If you are writing Group 2/2A in November and Group 4 in January, much of the general studies overlaps, though Group 2/2A sets it at degree level.

TNPSC has not announced a date. Here is when the last three planners appeared:

So the planner has come out between October and December. As of 11 October 2026 the 2027 planner is not on tnpsc.gov.in. The 2026 planner gave a planned notification date and exam date for each exam but no vacancy counts, which came with each notification.

We will add the 2027 dates to our upcoming government exams calendar when the planner is published.

The exam is on 10 January 2027, about 13 weeks away. The 2027 planner matters only if you plan a second attempt; for now, the 2026 exam is the one to prepare for.

1. Apply early. Complete One-Time Registration first if you haven't (₹150, valid five years), then pay the ₹100 exam fee unless you are exempt. Don't leave it to the last few days before 5 November.

2. Follow a plan that fits the time left. Our 90-day Group 4 study plan covers almost exactly the weeks remaining. The Group 4 syllabus lists every unit.

3. Put Tamil first. Part A has 100 questions for 150 marks, and Parts B and C are evaluated only if you score at least 60 in Part A.

4. Answer every question. A wrong answer costs nothing, but each blank costs half a mark, so shade option E when you don't know.

5. Test yourself under exam conditions at least once a week from now on.

Thervu's Group 4 mock tests are timed, in Tamil and English, and marked the moment you submit; the questions you get wrong come back in your revision queue until you get them right. The Group 4 exam guide has the full pattern and selection process.

Thervu is independent and not affiliated with TNPSC. Dates are as of 11 October 2026; we update this page when TNPSC publishes the 2027 planner.