Tamil Nadu News

Staff for urban local bodies

September 11 , 2026 15 hrs 0 min 15 0

Tamil Nadu govt has proposed to empower the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) to recruit staff for 25 corporations, 145 municipalities and 479 town panchayats across TN.
It will bring appointments to urban local bodies under a common selection mechanism.
A bill to amend the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (Additional Functions) Act, 2022, was passed in the Assembly.
Unlike recruitment to many state govt services through TNPSC, appointments to urban local bodies have followed different mechanisms depending on the post and service, with recruitment powers distributed among the Directorate of Municipal Administration, municipal commissioners and local selection/appointment committees.
The proposed amendment seeks to bring these recruitments under a common TNPSC-led mechanism, according to senior bureaucrats.
Once the bill receives the Governor’s assent, the government can entrust recruitment for various posts in Chennai Corporation and other urban local bodies to TNPSC.
The Govt has therefore decided to entrust TNPSC with recruitment of candidates for urban local bodies.
The bill seeks to expand the scope of the 2022 Act, which assigned additional functions to TNPSC, for this purpose.