Maharashtra Planning Assistant Syllabus, Exam Pattern

One online exam of 200 marks, 100 questions, two marks each, in two hours. All are multiple choice with four options.

Marathi and English cover grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, idioms and passages. General knowledge takes in current affairs, Maharashtra history and geography, the Constitution, citizenship, learning technology, environment, heritage, tourism, energy conservation and green building, and solid waste management. The intelligence test has data and graph interpretation, directions, arithmetical reasoning, statements and arguments, and decision making. The technical paper follows the diploma syllabus. The department's general instruction PDF has the table.

Qualification: a three-year diploma in civil, architectural or rural engineering or a related field recognised for the post, or an equivalent qualification. The advertisement lists the accepted branches.

Age on the last date to apply: 18 to 38, with five years' relaxation for backward classes, sportspersons and the economically weaker section. Disabled candidates and orphans can be up to 45. Serving state government employees get a relaxation of their own.

Merit is the online exam score alone. Only candidates with at least 45 per cent of the total marks are put on the recommendation list. Documents are checked after the exam, and a candidate who fails the check is dropped. Marks are normalised when the exam runs in more than one session.

Pay level S-14, ₹38,600 to ₹1,22,800, plus the usual allowances.

Applications were online only through the department's recruitment portal. Fee: ₹1,000 for the open category and ₹900 for reserved categories, non-refundable. Registering with the employment exchange does not replace the online application.

After that the department's recruitment page carries, in upload order, the online exam mark list (February 2025), a document verification notice and recommendation list (March 2025), the normalised marks list (April 2025) and a candidate select list (June 2025). Nothing newer for this post was there on 16 October 2026.

• Town Planning and Valuation Department recruitment page
• Planning Assistant advertisement (PDF)
• General instructions and syllabus (PDF)
• Department syllabus page
• Department question paper page

How many Planning Assistant posts were advertised?

261 in the 2024 advertisement.

What qualification is needed?

A three-year diploma in civil, architectural or rural engineering or an equivalent qualification.

Is there an interview?

No. The online exam marks decide the recommendation list.

What is the pay?

Level S-14, ₹38,600 to ₹1,22,800.