Case file · MSCE · surfaced 16 Dec 2021

Maharashtra TET 2019-20 — exam council head arrested

Stalled documented status: Charge sheet filed

Confidence B — core facts citable to court or official records; some primary documents not yet on file.

Pune cyber police, working outward from the MHADA exam case, arrested the commissioner of the Maharashtra State Council of Examination in December 2021 for malpractice in TET 2019-20, followed by a former commissioner and the manager of the company contracted to conduct the exam. Investigators also found 2018 answer sheets of about 500 failed candidates had been re-scanned with forged marks. Thousands of candidates who paid for passes were later struck off the qualified lists.

Examination: Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test 2019-20
Conducting body: Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE)
Exam date: 19 Jan 2020
Leak date (as documented): —
Surfaced: 16 Dec 2021
States: Maharashtra
Candidates affected: ~3.4 lakh
Leak vector: Insider (digital)
State govt at the time: MVA (Shiv Sena-NCP-INC), Maharashtra
Last reviewed: 11 Jun 2026

Stall clock — no docket movement for

1,549

days (4y 89d) · last movement 2022-03-15

Accountability Gap Index

national average 0.97 / 7 · how this is scored →

1 / 7

✗ FIR within 30 days
✓ Charge sheet within 180 days
✗ Any conviction
✗ Exam cancelled & fully re-held
✗ Fee refund documented
✗ Official permanently removed
✗ Reform gazette-notified

Each milestone scores one point only when the register holds a document for it. The gap is what the missing points describe.

How it surfaced

Who found it

Police investigation

The MHADA paper-leak probe led Pune cyber police into the TET contracts and payment trails.

The conducting body's first response

Said nothing

The council made no public defence; its serving and former commissioners were arrested within a week of each other.

The docket

Every legal action on record, in order. Each row cites its document.

16 Dec 2021

Arrest · Pune Cyber Police

Pune cyber PS case (TET), Dec 2021

Serving MSCE commissioner and an exam consultant arrested for TET 2019-20 malpractice.

per: Maharashtra exam council head, consultant arrested for TET-2020 malpractice (The Times of India, 18 Dec 2021)
21 Dec 2021

Arrest · Pune Cyber Police

Pune cyber PS case (TET), Dec 2021

Former MSCE commissioner and the exam-conducting company's manager arrested; a further accused held while attempting to travel abroad.

per: Pune Police arrests one more accused in TET examination scam (India Today, 22 Dec 2021)
15 Mar 2022

Charge sheet filed · Pune court

Pune cyber PS charge sheet (TET), 2022

Charge sheet filed in the TET malpractice case; probe continued into the marks-forgery module.

per: Pune Police arrests one more accused in TET examination scam (India Today, 22 Dec 2021)

What candidates got

Outcome	Ordered by	Order date	Detail
Results withheld	Government of Maharashtra	3 Aug 2022	About 7,800 candidates found to have paid for qualification were barred and struck from TET lists.

Officials & institutions implicated

Recorded at position level. A personal name appears only in the "Named individuals" table below, behind the naming gate.

Arrested

Commissioner, MSCE · 16 Dec 2021

Arrested in the TET case; later booked separately for disproportionate assets of Rs 3.59 crore.
Arrested

Former Commissioner, MSCE · 21 Dec 2021

Arrested from Sangamner in the same case.

Sources on file

Tier 2 · reported Maharashtra exam council head, consultant arrested for TET-2020 malpractice — The Times of India · 18 Dec 2021 [archived]
Tier 2 · reported Pune Police arrests one more accused in TET examination scam — India Today · 22 Dec 2021 [archived]

Status log

Every status this register has ever assigned to this case. Append-only.

16 Dec 2021	ALLEGED	Allegations surfaced publicly.
16 Dec 2021	ALLEGED → ARRESTS_MADE	Serving MSCE commissioner and an exam consultant arrested for TET 2019-20 malpractice.
15 Mar 2022	ARRESTS_MADE → CHARGESHEET_FILED	Charge sheet filed in the TET malpractice case; probe continued into the marks-forgery module.

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To: The Public Information Officer,
Maharashtra State Council of Examination

Subject: Request under the Right to Information Act, 2005 — Maharashtra TET 2019-20 — exam council head arrested

Under the Right to Information Act 2005, I request the following information:

1. Current status of FIR No. [number] dated [date] concerning the question paper leak in Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test 2019-20.
2. Whether a charge sheet has been filed in this matter; if yes, its date and the court where it was filed.
3. Names and current postings of all officials suspended in connection with this matter.
4. Whether any suspended official has been reinstated; if yes, the order reference and date.
5. Date and outcome of the last court hearing in this matter.

I am enclosing the application fee of Rs. 10 as required. If this application falls outside your office's purview, kindly transfer it under Section 6(3) of the Act and inform me.

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