Applications closed; online test date awaitedNotice verifiedState · Maharashtra02/2025

Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited

MSEDCL Technical Cadre Direct Recruitment 2025

Direct recruitment by Maharashtra's state power distribution company to Additional Executive Engineer and Deputy Executive Engineer posts in the distribution and civil streams.

01

At a glance

The facts most likely to change your decision.

Vacancies
180 vacancies
Advertisement 02/2025 states the figures are provisional and likely to change, with any change notified on the company's website.
Education
Graduate · Professional degree
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering/Technology for the distribution posts and in Civil Engineering/Technology or equivalent for the civil posts, with 7 years' post-qualification power-sector experience for Additional Executive Engineer and 3 years' for Deputy Executive Engineer, all reckoned as on 27 Jun 2025, per advertisement 02/2025.
Age
40 years for Additional Executive Engineer (Dist./Civil) and 35 years for Deputy Executive Engineer (Dist./Civil), reckoned as on 27 Jun 2025, relaxable by 5 years for backward-class candidates applying against reserved posts, up to 45 years for persons with disabilities and by 5 years for meritorious sportspersons and orphans, per advertisement 02/2025.
Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
Application fee
₹500 plus GST for open-category applicants and ₹250 plus GST for reserved-category applicants including EWS; applicants claiming reservation as Persons with Disabilities are exempt, per advertisement 02/2025.
Use the official payment instructions only.
Pay
₹81,850–3250–98,100–3455–1,84,475 for Additional Executive Engineer and ₹73,580–2995–88,555–3250–1,66,555 for Deputy Executive Engineer, with DA, HRA, medical benefit, leave encashment, CPF and gratuity per company rules, from advertisement 02/2025.
Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
Recruitment cycle
2025-26
State · Maharashtra
02

Vacancies & reservation

What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.

Current published count180 vacancies
Check source ↗
Category-wise vertical reservation reported for this recruitment
ScopeUREWSOBCSCSTTotal
Additional Executive Engineer (Dist.)94
Additional Executive Engineer (Civil)5
Deputy Executive Engineer (Dist.)69
Deputy Executive Engineer (Civil)12

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. Advertisement 02/2025

    27 Jun 2025

    completed
  2. Online application window

    29 Nov – 22 Dec 2025

    completed
  3. Reopened application window

    3–18 Feb 2026

    completed
  4. Online test

    Date not announced

    current
04

Who can apply?

A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.

Basic eligibility paths

  • Candidates must be domiciled in Maharashtra and hold a caste certificate issued by the competent authority of Maharashtra to claim reservation or the reduced fee, per advertisement 02/2025.
  • Backward-class claims need a caste validity certificate from the Caste Scrutiny Committee; appointments of SEBC candidates are provisional and subject to the Bombay High Court's order in W.P. No. 3468/2024.
  • Non-creamy-layer certificates are required for VJ(A), NT(B), NT(C), NT(D), SBC and OBC claims but not for SC and ST.

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. 1Online objective test of 130 questions and 150 marks in 120 minutes, with 0.25 mark deducted for each wrong answer
  2. 2Shortlisting for personal interview in a 1:3 ratio; candidates scoring under 40% (open) or 30% (reserved) in the online test are not called for interview
  3. 3Final result prepared out of 100 by combining the weightage the advertisement assigns to the online test and the interview

Syllabus snapshot

  • Test of Professional Knowledge — 50 questions, 110 marks (advertisement 02/2025)
  • Test of General Aptitude — Reasoning 40 questions/20 marks, Quantitative Aptitude 20 questions/10 marks, Marathi Language 20 questions/10 marks
  • The paper is set in English except for the Marathi-language section; MSEDCL may modify the structure through its website
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
MSEDCL advertisement 02/2025 and its 3 Feb 2026 notification reopening the application link
Published / changed
Advertisement dated 27 Jun 2025; reopening notification dated 3 Feb 2026
Last checked
4 Aug 2026, 19:30 IST

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