Overview
- The high‑level committee led by IAS officer V Radha submitted an interim report on Thursday that asked the MPSC to include over 11,000 departmental requisitions and raise Group‑C vacancies to more than 16,000.
- The Maharashtra government issued a government resolution on the same day granting a one‑time, one‑year upper‑age relaxation that applies to specified adverts where selection has not begun and to MPSC notices issued through December 31, 2027.
- The GAD directed the MPSC to give a one‑time opportunity for newly eligible candidates to submit applications, but the formal corrigendum to add posts and the reopened application window still need MPSC action.
- As a precaution against alleged malpractice the panel recommended cancelling the current question‑paper exercise, producing fresh papers via secure printing and storage, and tightening venue security with police deployment, CCTV and signal jammers.
- About 1.2 million candidates had applied for Group‑C 2026, and the interim report keeps the preliminary pattern unchanged while asking for prompt syllabi for mains of any newly added cadres; key recommendations await inter‑agency steps and logistics to be implemented.