| Type | Eligibility Criterion |
| A | (i) A Graduate or Post Graduate Candidate passing from a recognized institution in the Maharashtra in any faculty of any University in the Maharashtra established by an Act of the Parliament or by a State Legislature or an equivalent National Institution recognized as a Deemed to be University or Foreign University in the Maharashtra or outside the Maharashtra State, as the case may be, recognized as equivalent to the status of an Indian University by an authority competent to declare so, and (ii) A candidate who is either domicile of the Maharashtra and / or is born in the Maharashtra |
| B | A candidate who fulfills the criteria mentioned in clause (i) of “Type A”, but does not fulfil criteria mentioned clause (ii) of “Type-A” above, but whose father or mother is domiciled in the State of Maharashtra and possesses domicile certificate.. |
| C | A candidate who fulfills the criteria mentioned in clause (i) margin: 25px;of “Type A”, but does not fulfil criteria mentioned clause (ii) of “Type-A” above, but whose father or mother is domiciled in the State of Maharashtra and possesses domicile certificate.. |
| D | A candidate who fulfills the criteria mentioned in clause (i) of “Type A”, but does not fulfil criteria mentioned in clause (ii) of “Type-A”, “Type-B” and “Type-C” but whose father or mother is an employee or retired employee of the Government of Maharashtra or Government of Maharashtra Undertaking. |
| E | The candidates passing Graduate degree and/ or Post Graduate degree Examination or Equivalent Examination from a recognized Institution from a disputed Maharashtra-Karnataka Border Area or from the Maharashtra State, and residing in the disputed Maharashtra-Karnataka Border Area and whose Mother tongue is Marathi. |