Checked 7 October 2026. From the Commission’s 58 scheme-and-syllabus sheets (tspscdeptltest.telangana.gov.in) and Notification 04/2026, which lists 21 groups of tests on syllabi revised by G.O. and says the Commission updates a syllabus whenever the Government issues orders. The Prisons sheet follows G.O.Ms.No.65 of 04.07.2026. Scanned older sheets were read by OCR and by eye.
The departmental-test syllabus is not a topic list. It is a list of codes, acts, manuals and rules that a government order fixes for each test, and the paper tests whether you can find and apply the rule. This guide reads the Commission’s syllabus sheet for each test, gives the government order behind it, and shows where the largest tests overlap, so a candidate preparing for two of them studies the shared codes once.
Where other pages get this wrong
Most syllabus sheets still say "A.P." in front of a code. The Commission’s own note says Telangana versions replace them as they are revised.
Commonly published instead: Study notes that cite "Andhra Pradesh Financial Code" as if it were the current book, or that treat the Telangana codes as brand new.
The Forest, Fire and TGPSC-staff sheets state: "Rules, Codes & Acts of Telangana State shall be replaced instead of Andhra Pradesh Rules & Acts as and when Rules & Acts are revised by the State Government." The 2023 Finance sheets already name the TS Financial Code, TS Treasury Code, TS Accounts Code and TS Budget Manual. Use the edition your office uses and read the current G.O.s.
Notification 04/2026 and the syllabus sheets, official.
- Art. 38: both sanction and funds needed
- Unused sanction lapses in 1 year (Art. 50)
- 12 traps and a 12-question self-test
- Arrear claims: 1 year; ₹500 within 3 years
- Pay on last working day; bill 5 days early
- Recoveries capped at one-third of pay
Accounts tests: the shared core
The accounts tests share most of their codes. Reading the three sheets side by side shows what overlaps.
| Code or manual | Executive Officers (PC 141) | Subordinate Part I (PC 8) | Subordinate Part II (PC 10) |
|---|---|---|---|
| TS Financial Code | Chapters I to VIII and XII to XIV | Volumes I and II | Not listed |
| TS Treasury Code | Part I; Part II chapters III, V, VII; Part III chapter IV | Volume I Part I, Part II (chapters II, V, VII), Part III chapter IV; Volume II omitting appendices 1-7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18-25 | Volume I Part II (chapters I, II, IV, VI, VIII, IX, X), Part III chapters I-III; Volume II omitting appendices 1-9, 12, 13, 16, 17 |
| TS Budget Manual | Chapters I to V, VII, VIII | Chapters I to V, VII, VIII | Not listed |
| TS Accounts Code | Not listed | Volume I (chapters 3 to 6 and appendix 3) | Volume II |
| An Introduction to Indian Government Accounts and Audit | Chapter I, Part B of chapter 2, chapters 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 24, 25, 27, 28 | Not listed | Whole book |
| Constitution of India | Articles 148 to 151, 202 to 207, 264 to 293, 308 to 314 | Not listed | Articles 148 to 151, 202 to 207, 264 to 293, 308 to 314 |
| TS Pension Code | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Other | None | Fundamental Rules and Subsidiary Rules with the TS Leave Rules 1933; TS Manual of Special Pay and Allowances Parts I and II | Government Securities Manual, 3rd edition, chapters I, II, IV, V, VI, IX, X (with omissions) and the TS Govt. Securities Rules 1937 |
Official: PC 141 sheet as per G.O.Ms.No.47 Finance (Admn.I) dated 03.06.2023; PC 8 and PC 10 as per G.O.Ms.No.45 of the same date. All three are objective, 2 hours, 100 marks, pass mark 40, with books.
Two observations from the table are ours. First, the Pension Code and the Treasury Code appear in all three papers, so a candidate sitting PC 141 and PC 8 and 10 in one session covers the largest block of material once. Second, PC 10 is the only one of the three that includes the Government Securities Manual, which is worth a separate day.
The sheets for PC 8 and PC 10 also name the books to be allowed in the examination hall:
- PC 8: Financial Code volumes I and II, Treasury Code volumes I and II, Accounts Code volume I, Budget Manual and the Fundamental Rules and Subsidiary Rules with the Leave Rules.
- PC 10: Treasury Code volumes I and II, Accounts Code volume II, the Government Securities Manual with the Securities Rules, the Constitution, the Indian Government Accounts and Audit book and the Pension Code.
- Art. 38: both sanction and funds needed
- Unused sanction lapses in 1 year (Art. 50)
- 12 traps and a 12-question self-test
- Arrear claims: 1 year; ₹500 within 3 years
- Pay on last working day; bill 5 days early
- Recoveries capped at one-third of pay
Services, treasuries and audit tests
| Test (paper codes) | What the sheet lists | G.O. |
|---|---|---|
| Treasuries & Accounts Service Examination, Part I (31, 64, 89, 114) | Paper I Service Rules (FR and SR, Pension Code and NPS, State and Subordinate Service Rules 1996, Conduct Rules 1964, CCA Rules); Paper II Financial Rules (Financial, Accounts and Treasury Codes, Special Pay manual, Budget Manual); Paper III problems on both; Paper IV book-keeping (60 marks) and PWD and Forest accounts (40 marks) | G.O.Ms.No.46 Finance (Admn.I), 03.06.2023 |
| Treasuries & Accounts, Part II (46, 79, 100, 129) | Works accounts and auditing, advanced accountancy and costing, mercantile law (Contract Act, GST basics, Negotiable Instruments Act, industrial law), Constitution of India and civil-service and fiscal provisions, planning and budgeting, CAG role | Same G.O. |
| Subordinate Accounts Service Examination (1, 9, 23, 34, 53, 160) | Paper I conduct, CCA, disciplinary rules, FR, pension, NPS, POSH Act; II local authorities, endowments, universities, consumer and insolvency acts; III financial rules and fiscal responsibility; IV audit and accounts procedure; V accountancy without books; VI service rules and office procedure including RTI | G.O.Ms.No.41 Finance (Admn.II) 12.05.2023 and G.O.Ms.No.149, 28.12.2023 |
| State Audit Departmental Test (84, 93, 105, 123) | Acts of local authorities (I), audit and accounts of local authorities (II), FR and service rules (III), financial accounting without books (IV) | Same two Finance G.O.s |
| Accounts Test for Employees of Local Bodies (146, 148) | Paper I common acts (Education Act, RTE, Births and Deaths, Libraries, Minimum Wages, child labour, RTI) plus MGNREGA, Panchayat Raj Act 2018 and PRI accounts; Paper II FR, Special Pay, ministerial and last-grade rules, updated District Office Manual, Treasury Code extracts | G.O.Ms.No.10 PR&RD, 15.02.2024 |
| Accounts Test for Employees in TS Power Utilities: AO/AAO (41, 59), JAO (140) | Commercial accounts, ERP, audit, TS ERC and CERC tariff regulations, Electricity Act 2003, labour acts (paper 59); JAO adds Indian Accounting Standards, SAP functional modules, Companies Act, EPF Act, GST | G.O.Rt.No.64 Energy (HR.A1), 23.10.2020 |
| Telangana Government Life Insurance (60, 68) | TGLI Rules, principles of life assurance (selected lessons), computer-based questions on the insurance management package; elementary book-keeping | G.O.Ms.No.132 Finance (Admn.I), 26.09.2023 |
Education, Forest, Fire and Prisons
| Test (paper codes) | What the sheet lists | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Gazetted Officers of the Education Department (88, 97) | Paper I: Telangana Education Act 1982, secondary and intermediate education rules, 73rd and 74th amendments and Panchayat Raj Act 2018 in relation to schools, Inspection Code, grant-in-aid, RTE 2009, RTI, capitation-fee Act, coaching centres, NCTE. Paper II: CCA and conduct rules, provident fund and pension, SSC scheme, service rules, RMSA, mid-day meals, Lokayukta Act, private junior colleges, minority institutions. Pass both papers at a time | G.O.Ms.No.24 School Education (Services-I), 08.10.2024; G.O.Ms.No.554 of 09.08.1974 |
| Deputy Inspectors Test (2, 12, 20) | Paper I inspection code, G.O.Ms.No.32 of 02.02.1988, ministerial and last-grade service rules; Paper II grant-in-aid, private institutions Acts, mid-day meals, SSA, RTE, RTI, office manual; Paper III educational statistics from 2013-14 and enrolment ratios | G.O.Ms.No.24, 08.10.2024 |
| Forest Department (17, 26, 42, 61, 76, 86; 107, 125, 139) | Forest Law (Forest Act, MFP Act, Wild Life Act, IPC, CrPC, Evidence Act, Contract Act, Biodiversity, Forest Conservation, Forest Rights Acts); Land Revenue (Board’s Standing Orders); Office Procedure and Accounts (Forest Code, FR, District Office Manual, service rules). Ministerial staff: Forest Code, Forest Acts, service rules | G.O.Rt.No.56 EFS&T (For.II), 21.04.2022 |
| Fire Service Department (16, 25, 39) | Part I: 19 topics each of firemanship (combustion, foam, hose, rescue tools; hydraulics, pumps, incident command, NBC 2005, explosives). Part II: Telangana State Fire Service Manual, with the Fire Service Act 1999 | G.O.Ms.No.44 Home (Services-IV), 23.08.2022 |
| Prisons Department (33, 48, 66, 82) | Paper 1 prison manual, Prisons Act 1894, Transfer of Prisoners Act; Paper 2 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 chapters, Juvenile Justice Act; Paper 3 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 chapters; Paper 4 Borstal Schools Act, Probation of Offenders Act, human rights, UAPA, the Telangana goonda Act, transgender, disability and mental health Acts | G.O.Ms.No.65 Home (Legal), 04.07.2026 |
| Labour, Factories and Boilers (22, 40, 57, 75) | District Office Manual and conciliation (with computer awareness); factory-side labour Acts; labour administration Acts (Minimum Wages, Industrial Disputes, Gratuity, Bonus and others); Boilers Act and regulations | G.O.Rt.No.250, 31.03.2017 and G.O.Rt.No.737, 13.09.2017 |
| Agriculture (144); Animal Husbandry (51); Employment Service (96, 104) | Agriculture department manual volumes I to III (schemes such as PM-Kisan, Rythu Bandhu and Rythu Bima; office and finance management; regulatory laws). Animal Husbandry department and functionary manuals. Employment exchange procedure and general office procedure with 10th-class English | G.O.Rt.No.465, 06.10.2023; G.O.Ms.No.15, 19.06.2017; G.O.Rt.No.402, 05.09.2022 |
| TGPSC staff (149, 161) | Paper I: Articles 16, 308 to 323, 323-A, 335 and 371-D, vigilance, Administrative Tribunals Act, Commission rules, office manual and Regulations 2015. Paper II: staff-pattern, community certificate, public examinations and reservation Acts, departmental test rules 1965, local-cadre order 2018, service rules. Training and a post-training written test are compulsory | G.O.Ms.No.211 GA (Services-D), 22.10.2025 |
Each of these sheets gives the same pass rule, 40 marks out of 100 per paper, unless it says the papers must be passed together. The pass-together cases are set out in the results guide.
Tests where the sheet is a scanned page
Thirty-two of the 58 sheets are scanned images, some of them poor. We read them by eye as well as by OCR and give only what is legible. For these, check the Commission’s original on the syllabus page before you buy books.
| Test (paper codes) | Legible content | Marks printed |
|---|---|---|
| The Revenue Test (18, 27, 43, 62) | Paper I common Acts (Treasure Trove, Land Improvement Loans, Agriculturists Loans, Land Acquisition, Rent and Revenue, Revenue Recovery, Survey and Boundaries, Land Encroachment Acts, Board of Revenue Standing Orders); Paper II regional Acts and the District Office Manual; Part II village and taluk accounts manuals; Part III stamp, court fee, panchayat and food-control orders | 2 hours, 100 marks, minimum 40 for each of the papers we could read |
| Excise Department Test (3, 13, 21, 35, 54, 71) | Test-A IPC, Evidence Act, CrPC (selected chapters); Test-B A.P. Excise Act 1968 with rules and the central opium and medicinal-preparation Acts; Test-C Excise Manual; Test-D Distillery Manual | Tests C and D: "40% taken together" across their two papers |
| Divisional and Works Accounts Service (30, 63, 81, 113, 138; 44, 78, 99, 128) | Public Works Accounts Code, Departmental Code, PAO Manual, Accounts Code volume III, Financial and Treasury Codes, Government Securities Manual, contract, workmen’s compensation and industrial disputes law; one paper on advanced accounting | Works Accounts Service sheet: 40% in each paper and 45% in the aggregate (scanned; verify) |
| Police clerks (4); Transport (106, 124); Marketing (151); Evidence Act (77) | Police manuals; Motor Vehicles Act and Taxation Act, Revenue Recovery Act, then CrPC chapters, criminal rules of practice and District Office Manual for Part II; Marketing manual, market and warehousing Acts and grading rules; Indian Evidence Act 1872 | One paper each: 2 hours, 100 marks, minimum 40 |
| Language tests (5, 6, 7, 19, 28, 36, 49, 67, 37, 58, 74, 155) | Translation of official passages and viva-voce items; Third Class Language is viva-voce only (three parts of 100) | Pass at 40 per part; all parts at a time for 5, 6, 7 and 155 (notification) |
| Survey and Revenue Draughtsman tests (69, 87, 110, 112, 117, 119, 121, 122, 134, 135); Registration (52, 70, 83, 94); Mines (150); Juvenile Welfare (156 to 159) | Plotting, area computation, survey manual chapters; Registration Act and rules, Stamp Act and the miscellaneous Acts listed in the sheet | Survey papers: three hours, 100 marks, minimum 40, without books; Registration: 100 marks, 40 each |
- Art. 38: both sanction and funds needed
- Unused sanction lapses in 1 year (Art. 50)
- 12 traps and a 12-question self-test
- Arrear claims: 1 year; ₹500 within 3 years
- Pay on last working day; bill 5 days early
- Recoveries capped at one-third of pay
The office-automation syllabus
PC 162 has twelve headings and no book. The five in bold below carry the typing task the sheet describes; the rest are skills.
| Heading | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Operating system and digital workspace | Windows navigation, files and folders, shared drives and permissions, shortcuts, printers and scanners |
| Word processing for official communication | Notes, memos, letters, minutes, tables and charts, track changes, templates for circulars and office orders, survey forms |
| Spreadsheets | Data entry and validation, SUM, AVERAGE, SORT, filters, conditional formatting, simple charts, confidentiality |
| Presentations and email | Slide decks for meetings; email etiquette, CC/BCC, attachments, calendar invites, folders and filters |
| Internet, collaboration and security | Searching GOs and circulars, portals, cloud storage, Teams, Meet and Zoom, strong passwords, phishing, data protection |
| e-Office, social media, hardware | File movement and approvals, digital signatures, MIS dashboards, social-media handles, posters and banners, cameras, microphones, QR scanners, networks |
Official, PC 162 scheme and syllabus sheet (G.O.Ms.No.237 and 238, General Administration (Ser. B), 02.12.2025).
Frequently asked questions
Where is the official syllabus?
On the Commission’s departmental-tests syllabus index at tspscdeptltest.telangana.gov.in, one PDF per group of paper codes (for example PC-141.pdf), and linked from the departmental-tests page on tgpsc.gov.in.
Has the syllabus changed for November 2026?
Notification 04/2026 lists 21 groups of tests on syllabi modified by government order, and says the Commission updates a syllabus whenever orders are received. The newest sheet we found is for the Prisons tests (G.O.Ms.No.65 of 04.07.2026).
What books are allowed for the Accounts Test for Executive Officers?
The PC 141 sheet lists the syllabus but, unlike PC 8 and PC 10, no "books to be allowed" list. The notification’s general rule applies to with-books papers: bare Acts only, and no commentary, guides or notes.
Are amendments in the syllabus?
The Deputy Inspectors and Education Gazetted sheets say candidates must know amendments published up to six months before the examination.
Do I need to study the A.P. codes?
Several sheets still name A.P. Acts and codes and say Telangana versions replace them when revised. Study the Telangana edition in force in your office and check the G.O.
Which syllabus is for Junior Assistants?
PC 162, the office-automation test, applies to staff recruited after 12.05.2014 under the Ministerial Service Rules who joined without passing it. Other tests for their post come from their service rules.
Sources
- official — TGPSC departmental tests scheme and syllabus index (58 distinct PDFs by paper code), tspscdeptltest.telangana.gov.in
- official — TGPSC Notification No. 04/2026, dated 24.09.2026 (November 2026 session): eligibility, scheme, timetable (Annexure I), fee, instructions, list of tests and paper codes (Annexure III)
- official — TGPSC Notification No. 02/2026 (May 2026 session, 26.02.2026): same fee and scheme; G.O.Ms.No.237 and 238 on the office-automation test
- official — TGPSC Departmental Examinations page: session table 2021 to 2026, twice a year (May and November), Notification 04/2026 window
official = a document published by the conducting body. reported = a news or coaching site we could not check against an original. Where sources disagree this page says so rather than picking one.
