MPPSC Assistant Town Planner: posts, eligibility, pay and selection (Advt 02/2026)

How many Assistant Town Planner posts were advertised?

39 posts in all. The advertisement splits them by category as follows.

The advertisement also reserves one post each in four categories of disability for Madhya Pradesh natives, and says unfilled posts reserved for women can be filled by men of the same category.

Because of pending court cases on OBC reservation, the advertisement says the result will be declared on an 87% main list and a 13% provisional list. The main list has 34 posts (UR 10, SC 6, ST 8, OBC 6, EWS 4) and the provisional list has 5 posts (UR 5 and OBC 5). The final result is subject to the courts’ final decision.

Post details

What is the eligibility for MPPSC Assistant Town Planner?

Educational qualification

The advertisement accepts either of the following, from a recognised institution:

• A four-year bachelor’s degree in town planning, urban planning, city planning, housing planning, rural planning, infrastructure planning, regional planning, transport and transportation planning, landscape architecture, urban design or environmental planning; or
• A master’s degree (M.Plan) in one of those fields; or
• A pass in the AITP exam.

A B.E. or M.E. degree in transport and transportation is not accepted.

Age limit

• At least 21 years, and not yet 40 years, counted on 1 January 2027.
• The date of birth that counts is the one on the Class 10 (High School) marksheet.
• The upper limit is relaxed by 5 years for SC, ST, OBC, persons with disabilities, employees of government, corporations, boards and autonomous bodies, city soldiers and women (reserved and unreserved), under the Madhya Pradesh General Administration Department circular of 4 July 2019. Ex-servicemen may subtract their defence service, as long as the result is not more than three years above the upper limit. Relaxation needs a certificate from the competent authority.
• Even with every relaxation added, no candidate over 45 years can apply.

Other conditions

• Reservation and age relaxation apply only to natives of Madhya Pradesh. Candidates from other states are treated as unreserved.
• The candidate must hold the qualification and every other eligibility document on or before the last date of online application (19 March 2026 in the original notice). A candidate applying with a late fee also must have everything by that date.
• Under the Madhya Pradesh Civil Services (General Conditions of Service) Rules 1961, a candidate with more than two living children, one of them born on or after 26 January 2001, is not eligible, and a candidate convicted of an offence against women is not eligible.
• Employment exchange registration: candidates from other states are exempt. Madhya Pradesh natives do not need it when applying, but must give a live registration certificate by the date for sending documents for the interview, unless they are in government or private service, in which case a no-objection certificate or a service certificate is accepted.

What is the selection process?

1. Objective exam. An OMR-based exam of multiple-choice questions, held at centres in Indore, with negative marking.
2. Interview. Candidates who score in the merit order up to three times the number of posts in each category, including those tied at the last mark, are called for the interview. Candidates who miss the interview are treated as ineligible.
3. Final result. Prepared in merit order from the total of exam marks and interview marks.

MPPSC says there is no re-evaluation or recounting. Category-wise cut-off marks are not shown before the final selection. After the exam, MPPSC publishes a provisional answer key, takes objections online for 5 days, and charges ₹150 per question plus a ₹40 portal fee per session. Both are non-refundable. Selected candidates are appointed after the department verifies their documents.

Not in the advertisement: the exam scheme, marks, number of papers and syllabus. The advertisement says they would be published on the MPPSC website. Read that notice before you prepare.

Application dates and fees

The original notice gave 20 February to 19 March 2026 for online application. MPPSC Corrigendum 01/02/2026, dated 11 February 2026, changed the application dates. It left the rest of the advertisement as it was and kept the exam on 20 September 2026 and the admit card date at 10 September 2026.

Each error correction costs ₹50 per session. Fees can be paid by credit card, debit card or net banking. The corrigendum removed the option of applying through MP Online kiosks. Documents are not uploaded with the application. Candidates send self-attested copies before the interview.

These dates were set by the advertisement and have passed. Check mppsc.mp.gov.in for the result, interview notices and any new advertisement.

How to use this page

• Check your degree first. Transport-engineering degrees are excluded, while planning, urban design, landscape architecture and environmental planning degrees are listed. B.Arch is not named in the qualification line, so read the advertisement before assuming you are eligible.
• Count your age on 1 January 2027 and add only the relaxations you can prove with a certificate.
• Compare with other state posts. See the guide to government exams and jobs for architects and town planners, and the open posts on the jobs page.
• Track new notices on the exam calendar and the deadline tracker.

Where the figures come from

• MPPSC Advertisement 02/2026, Assistant Town Planner (PDF, 23 pages, Hindi)
• MPPSC Corrigendum 01/02/2026 dated 11 February 2026 (PDF, Hindi)

APJ does not accept applications. Apply only through the MPPSC website named in the notice.