🏫 Government ITI Pudukkottai Office Assistant Recruitment 2026 — Two Priority-Turn Vacancies, One Offline Application Deadline

Employment and Training Department, Tamil Nadu | Notice No. 3396/அ1/2026 dated 26 October 2026 | Government district portal listing begins 28 October 2026 | Applications must reach the Principal by 17 November 2026, 5:45 PM.

🔎 Why this particular notice deserves a careful reading

This is not a generic “two open Office Assistant jobs” advertisement. The one-page Tamil notice divides two Office Assistant vacancies into different priority/reservation turns: one General Turn Priority, and one SC(A) Women Priority (Destitute Widow). Both carry the same Level-1 pay scale and the same explicitly printed basic skills, but eligibility for a priority turn cannot be assumed from the title alone. Candidates must read the priority language and the attached government order before declaring themselves eligible.

The appointing office is the Government Industrial Training Institute, Pudukkottai, under Tamil Nadu's Employment and Training Department. The notice is signed by the District Collector and directs completed applications to the institute's Principal. The government district portal shows 28 October 2026 as the listing's start date; the original notice is dated 26 October. These are different events. No earlier online application-opening time has been verified.

📌 Recruitment fact sheet

📊 The two advertised seats: reservation and priority are not interchangeable

📊 Share of two Office Assistant vacancies by notified turn

The two lines sum to 2/2 vacancies. General Turn Priority is the government notice's exact description; it should not be silently changed into an ordinary unrestricted general vacancy. SC(A) Women Priority (Destitute Widow) likewise has explicit community, sex and priority qualifiers. An applicant who belongs to SC(A) but does not satisfy the notified priority circumstance should not assume this reserved line automatically applies to them. The appended G.O. is linked below, but applicants should seek authoritative clarification on priority-turn documentation rather than treating informal online summaries as the recruitment rules.

🎓 Who can actually apply? Education, Tamil and bicycle requirements

The qualifications column in the original Tamil table spans both vacancy rows. It specifies 8th standard pass, the ability to read and write Tamil fluently, and ability to ride a bicycle. Do not rely on secondary sites that selectively attach the cycling requirement to only one of the two rows. The advertisement does not prescribe a typing certificate, computer diploma, graduate degree, driving licence, or minimum years of experience. Therefore, none of those should be presented as compulsory based on this notice.

Eligibility examples: An 8th-pass applicant who can read/write Tamil and cycle has met the expressly stated skill baseline, but still must qualify under the appropriate notified vacancy turn and age rules. An applicant who completed Class VIII but cannot read or write Tamil fluently does not satisfy the printed language condition. A university graduate is not automatically ineligible merely because their qualification is higher; the notice does not make such a disqualification statement. These examples do not replace the issuing office's decision on certificates and priority rules.

🎂 Category-wise age rules — the cutoff matters

The notice says an applicant must have completed 18 years as of 30 September 2026. The published upper limits are:

The notice additionally refers to 10 years of extra age relaxation for persons with disabilities, additional 5 years for destitute widows based on community category, and ex-servicemen relaxation as per applicable rules. The document does not provide a worked formula for overlapping relaxations; do not assume every allowance is automatically cumulative without the relevant government rule and supporting certificate. The cutoff 30 September must not be casually replaced with the 17 November application deadline.

For the SC(A) Women Priority (Destitute Widow) line, both the notified turn and the supporting destitute-widow status matter; the age-relaxation statement itself does not prove eligibility for that seat.

💰 Salary: ₹15,700–₹58,100 Level 1 is a pay matrix, not guaranteed take-home pay

The original table prints ₹15,700–₹58,100 (Level 1) for Office Assistant. The same scale governs both notified vacancy rows. The lower figure is the start of the stated basic-pay scale; the upper figure is the top of the scale, not an automatic initial monthly salary. Net salary after deductions, allowances, DA, HRA, posting-specific benefits and the timing of increments are Not specified in this notice. Application fee: Not specified; this is not the same as asserting an officially confirmed zero fee.

This is a government-institute recruitment with a printed pay matrix. The notice does not explicitly spell out a contractual tenure, probation period, or full service-rule package; do not invent them.

📨 How to apply without losing the application on a technicality

Step 1 — obtain the correct form. Download the separate one-page application-form PDF linked on the Pudukkottai district site. The advertisement PDF, blank application form and attached G.O. 122 are three different documents, not three different application portals.

Step 2 — complete the particulars. The prescribed form asks for the applied post, photograph, candidate name, father/husband name, date of birth and age, marital status, religion/community with priority particulars, postal address and PIN, phone number, email, educational qualifications with proof, Aadhaar number, details of any pending police case, and other information. Sign the declaration and complete the place and date fields. Do not supply inaccurate information; the form warns that false information can cause rejection.

Step 3 — self-attest relevant certificates. The notice expressly requires self-attested photocopies of the necessary certificates. In practice this means candidates should ensure the 8th-pass/age/community/priority claims they make are documentary and readable; the issuing authority has not supplied a separately enumerated exhaustive enclosure checklist in the one-page notice. Do not assume a self-declaration substitutes for statutory destitute-widow or category evidence.

Step 4 — dispatch or hand in the packet. Address the paper application to:

The Principal, Government Industrial Training Institute, Tiruchi Main Road, Thirugokarnam Post, Pudukkottai – 622 002, Tamil Nadu.

The original Tamil address reads: முதல்வர், அரசினர் தொழிற்பயிற்சி நிலையம், திருச்சி மெயின்ரோடு, திருக்கோகர்ணம் அஞ்சல், புதுக்கோட்டை – 622 002.

Applications may be sent by post or delivered personally on office working days. The paper must reach the office no later than 17 November 2026 at 5:45 PM; merely posting it on the last date does not meet the stated receipt requirement. The notice says ineligible, late and incompletely filled applications will be rejected. There is no authenticated online application link for this particular notice.

🧾 What does the annexed government order do?

The Pudukkottai website also supplies a separate eight-page G.O. (G.O.(Ms) No. 122 dated 02 November 2021) alongside the notice and application form. It is a supporting policy document, not a second recruitment notice dated in 2026, and its presence does not justify fabricating additional vacancy counts, preference points or a selection syllabus. Candidates seeking the meaning of Priority should read the annexed order carefully and confirm their certificate category with the institute.

🧭 Selection process and complete recruitment lifecycle

The one-page invitation establishes applications and rejection conditions, not a written-test pattern or selection schedule. No official written examination, syllabus, hall-ticket/admit-card release, answer-key challenge window, result publication date or cutoff mark is announced in this PDF. Accordingly, the associated recruitment JSON intentionally contains empty exams, admit_cards, answer_keys, results and cutoffs collections. An office may later publish shortlisting, document verification or interview directions, but no such future stage is confirmed in the original notice. Applicants should monitor the government district notice URL for formal subsequent announcements.

⚠️ Four avoidable mistakes for applicants

1. Wrong reservation turn: The two vacancies have different labels. Do not interpret SC(A) Women Priority as a generic SC seat or General Turn Priority as automatically open to everyone without priority proof.
2. Missing Tamil/cycling capability: Class VIII alone does not satisfy the entire printed requirement.
3. Age calculated on the wrong date: The explicit minimum-age cutoff is 30 September 2026; 17 November is the receipt deadline, not a replacement cutoff.
4. Incomplete or late physical application: The original notice expressly warns against late or incomplete forms; courier/postal dispatch date is not a substitute for receipt by 5:45 PM.

❓ Questions candidates should settle before applying

Is there a single open/general vacancy? One seat is marked General Turn Priority. The word Priority is part of the official label and should not be erased.

Is this an online form? No. This is a download, print, complete, and submit physically recruitment. The district website hosts the notice and the form.

Can someone with a college degree apply? The express educational threshold is 8th pass. The notice does not state that additional education itself disqualifies a candidate; other requirements still apply.

Is bicycle riding mandatory for both rows? The qualification cell spans the two Office Assistant vacancy rows in the original table. Read the common requirement as applicable to both unless the issuing office clarifies otherwise.

What is the advertised salary? Level-1 pay scale ₹15,700–₹58,100. Allowances and take-home pay are Not specified.

What exam should applicants prepare for? No written exam or official syllabus is announced in this notice. Avoid attributing a guessed TN government Office Assistant exam pattern to this district recruitment.

When is the last date? 17 November 2026 at 5:45 PM, the time by which the completed application must reach the Principal.

Where is the current official notification? The Pudukkottai District NIC recruitment webpage hosts the original Tamil notice, the distinct application form and G.O. 122. Use the links below and watch that page for any later official clarification.