The Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET), which was scheduled to take place tomorrow, June 28, across the state . The Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE), Pune has postponed the This comes after the Bhiwandi Police conducted a raid in the early hours of the morning, exposing a suspected question paper leak racket. This year the Council was holding TET test for the academic session 2025.
The Bhiwandi Police responded on confidential intelligence in the early morning hours on Saturday, June 27, as per an official announcement issued by the MSCE. A raid was performed at a suspect examination facility where a number of persons were found with secret details about examination papers.
Immediately, senior personnel of the MSCE were called to the scene to check the confiscated documents. A quick cross-verification established preliminarily that certain questions in the hands of the accused were the genuine question paper scheduled for the TET June test. A case has been recorded at the Bhiwandi police station and the investigation is continuing.
The release of the material is a setback to the state education council, which had increased its monitoring. The test was scheduled to be held on 28th June at 1,028 exam centers across Maharashtra. A fresh date for the Teacher Eligibility Test will be declared when the police investigation is over. The examination has consequently been adjourned sine die.
According to the official announcement, the council has imposed severe security measures in the wake of the recent countrywide anomalies and issues surrounding the NEET UG 2026 test. Even with these precautions, the breach pushed the council’s hand at the last minute.
The main purpose of the Council is that the examination be held under all conditions with full openness. “In view of the seriousness of the matter and the need for a deep and thorough probe into the racket, the exam is being postponed,” said the official notification issued by the Commissioner of MSCE, Pune.
Maha TET contains two papers – Paper 1 and Paper 2. Both were supposed to be held on the same day but at different times. Paper 1 would have been from 10.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and Paper 2 from 2.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The examination will be in pen-paper style and the candidates have to record their answers in an OMR sheet.
As per the test design, there will be a total of 150 questions carrying one mark each and no negative marking will be applied. The question papers are offered in nine languages such as Marathi, English, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Telugu, Sindhi, Kannada and Hindi.
