If you are aiming for a Jharkhand state government job in 2026, two commissions matter most: the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC), which runs the Combined Civil Services Examination for posts such as Deputy Collector and Deputy Superintendent of Police, and the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC), which runs combined examinations for many other state posts.
2026 has been an unusual year for JPSC. Its flagship examination cleared the preliminary stage, but the Main Examination was then postponed "until further orders", and a CID investigation notice was posted on the commission's website. This guide sets out what the official notices say, explains the examination rules, and gives you a checklist for tracking a process whose dates are uncertain.
Checked against notices on jpsc.gov.in and jssc.jharkhand.gov.in on 9 October 2026. Many notices are in Hindi; the summaries below are our translations.
Where things stand (as of 9 October 2026)
| Recruitment | What the official notices show |
|---|---|
| JPSC Combined Civil Services Examination-2025 (Advt. No. 01/2026) | 103 vacancies. Preliminary examination held 19 April 2026. Result published 2 July 2026 in light of a Jharkhand High Court order dated 30 June 2026 (W.P.(S) No. 1276/2026). Main Examination, set for 25–27 July 2026, postponed until further orders by press release No. 2399 dated 22 July 2026 |
| JPSC Examination Calendar-2026 (dated 9 July 2026) | All remaining examinations in it were postponed until further orders by the same 22 July press release |
| CID notice on JPSC examinations | A public notice dated 29 July 2026 refers to alleged irregularities in JPSC examinations under CID case No. 16/2026 and asked candidates who passed the CCSE-2025 preliminary examination to submit copies of their OMR sheets between 30 July and 5 August 2026 |
| JSSC Intermediate Level Combined Competitive Examination-2026 (Advt. No. 03/2026) | Registration extended to 29 September 2026; corrections from 1 to 3 October 2026 (notice dated 18 September 2026) |
| JSSC Trained Assistant Acharya (para-teacher) examination-2026 (Advt. Nos. 04 and 05/2026) | Revised registration from 29 September to 18 October 2026 (notice dated 29 September 2026) |
We found no JPSC notice rescheduling the CCSE-2025 Main Examination when we checked. If you qualified in the preliminary examination, check the JPSC website directly; do not rely on dates circulating on social media.
The 103 CCSE-2025 vacancies included 28 Deputy Collector and 42 Deputy Superintendent of Police posts, along with smaller numbers of posts such as Probation Officer, Assistant Registrar and Jail Superintendent. JPSC has also run separate "backlog" CCSE recruitments in 2026 (Advt. Nos. 05/2026 and 06/2026), whose Main Examinations were in the postponed calendar.
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Stages
- Preliminary Examination: two compulsory objective papers, General Studies I and General Studies II, each of 200 marks and 2 hours. Question papers are set in Hindi and English. The 2026 advertisements say there is no negative marking in the preliminary examination. Roughly 15 times the advertised vacancies in each category are called to the Main Examination.
- Main Examination (written): 950 marks across six papers, with no optional subjects.
- Interview: 100 marks, for a grand total of 1,050.
The Main Examination papers
| Paper | Marks | Note |
|---|---|---|
| I: General Hindi and General English | 100 | Qualifying; marks not added to the merit total |
| II: Language and Literature | 150 | One language from a list of 15, including Hindi, English, Urdu, Bangla, Odia, Sanskrit, Santhali, Mundari, Ho, Kurux, Khortha, Nagpuri, Panchpargania, Kurmali and Khadia |
| III: Social Sciences (History and Geography) | 200 | |
| IV: Constitution, Polity, Public Administration and Good Governance | 200 | |
| V: Indian Economy, Globalisation and Sustainable Development | 200 | |
| VI: General Science, Environment and Technology Development | 200 |
Jharkhand-specific content
General Studies Paper II of the preliminary examination is built around Jharkhand. Its syllabus in the 2026 advertisements covers the state's history, the Jharkhand movement, society and culture, folk literature and tribal culture, sports, its economy and geography, industrial and displacement policy, forests, environment and disaster management. It also includes 12 questions on land laws, among them the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act and the Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act. If you are preparing from national-level material alone, this is the gap to close first.
Eligibility in the 2026 CCSE advertisement
- Age: at least 21 years, with age calculated on 1 August 2026. The upper limit is 35 for unreserved and EWS candidates, 37 for Extremely Backward Classes and Backward Classes, 38 for women of the unreserved, EWS, EBC and BC categories, and 40 for SC and ST candidates. PwBD candidates get 10 years and ex-servicemen 5 years within their category, and candidates with at least three years of regular Jharkhand government service get 5 years.
- Reservation: the 2026 advertisements state that the benefit of reservation is available only to permanent residents of Jharkhand, on a certificate from the competent state authority. If you are not a permanent resident of Jharkhand, read the advertisement carefully to see how your application will be treated.
Worked age check
Illustrative examples, using age on 1 August 2026:
- A man in the unreserved category born on 15 March 1993 is 33. That is within the limit of 35.
- A woman in the Backward Classes category born on 10 June 1989 is 37. That is within the limit of 38 for women in her category.
- An unreserved man born on 10 June 1989 is also 37, which is above his limit of 35.
Always confirm your category's limit and any special relaxation in the advertisement for the cycle you apply to.
What JSSC recruits
JSSC conducts combined competitive examinations for state posts at different levels. Its 2026 notices include an Intermediate Level combined examination and a Trained Assistant Acharya (para-teacher) examination. In August 2026 it also cancelled a combined examination from 2023 (Advt. Nos. 15 and 16/2023) after the state's Personnel Department withdrew the requisitions. We could not open JSSC's full advertisement list when we checked, so we have not listed vacancy figures for these examinations; read them in the advertisement itself.
A tracking checklist for 2026–27
Commission (JPSC or JSSC) and advertisement number:
Stage I have cleared, and the date of that result:
Latest notice on the commission's website (date and number):
Any court order or postponement mentioned in it:
Documents I may need (domicile, caste, age, education):
Date I last checked the official website:
Uncertain timelines make a dated record more useful, not less. Keep studying for the published scheme, especially the Jharkhand-specific paper and the Main Examination's six papers, rather than waiting for a new date.
For general state PSC preparation, see our state PSC preparation guide, and use the current affairs hub for dated notes.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an optional subject in the JPSC Main Examination?
No. The 2026 advertisements describe all Main papers as common compulsory papers, with a language and literature paper chosen from 15 languages.
Is there negative marking in the JPSC preliminary examination?
The 2026 advertisements say there is no negative marking in the preliminary examination.
When will the postponed JPSC Main Examination be held?
When we checked on 9 October 2026, JPSC had not published a new date. Watch the JPSC website's notice section for a press release.