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Punjab Public Service Commission

PPSC Punjab State Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination 2025

Punjab's combined competitive examination for state civil services, recruiting to 331 posts across departments after a September 2025 addendum.

01

At a glance

The facts most likely to change your decision.

Vacancies
331 posts (per September 2025 addendum)
The original 3 January 2025 notification advertised 322 posts; a 3 September 2025 addendum added further posts, taking the total to 331.
Education
Graduate
Graduate; specific posts may require an additional professional or subject qualification per the notification.
Age
As prescribed post-wise in the Punjab State Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination 2025 notification.
Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
Application fee
See the PSCSCCE 2025 recruitment notification
Use the official payment instructions only.
Pay
Post-specific Punjab pay levels as prescribed in the notification.
Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
Recruitment cycle
2025-26
State · Punjab
02

Vacancies & reservation

What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.

Current published count331 posts (per September 2025 addendum)
Check source ↗

Category table not available here

Check the latest official notice for the post- and category-wise distribution.

How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.

03

Complete timeline

One record from notification to final outcome.

  1. Recruitment notification (322 posts)

    3 Jan 2025

    completed
  2. Addendum adding posts (331 posts)

    3 Sep 2025

    completed
  3. Preliminary exam time slot notice

    4 Dec 2025

    completed
  4. Mains examination schedule notice

    2 Feb 2026

    completed
  5. Interview schedule released

    20 Jul 2026

    completed
04

Who can apply?

A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.

Basic eligibility paths

  • Confirm age, education, Punjab domicile and category-certificate cut-offs in the PSCSCCE 2025 notification.
  • Persons with disability and sportsperson categories follow the separate PPSC notices published for this cycle.

Relaxations & certificates

  • SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
  • Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
If your degree title, age, domicile or category certificate is unusual, mark yourself “check required” and read the official wording.
05

Selection process & syllabus

Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.

Selection stages

  1. 1Preliminary examination
  2. 2Main written examination
  3. 3Interview
  4. 4Final merit

Syllabus snapshot

  • Use only the PSCSCCE 2025 preliminary and mains syllabus published in the official PPSC notification.
06

Application document checklist

Prepare before the portal gets busy.

Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature

Government photo ID with the same name used in the application

Education certificates and marksheets

Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed

Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it

07

Official links & source record

Go straight to the recruiting body.

Primary source
PPSC PSCSCCE 2025 notification, addendum and announcement stream
Published / changed
Notification dated 3 Jan 2025; addendum dated 3 Sep 2025; interview schedule published 20 Jul 2026
Last checked
4 Aug 2026, 16:05 IST

Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.