Maharashtra TET Exam Postponed After Question Paper Leak in Bhiwandi

June 27, 2026

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (MAHA TET 2026) has been postponed following allegations of paper leak a day before the exam.  The Maharashtra TET exam is scheduled to be held on Sunday, June 28. The case of alleged paper leak has come to light after Police and education department officials in Maharashtra received information that someone in the Bhiwandi area, near Mumbai, was in possession of the question paper for the TET scheduled for tomorrow. Following a thorough investigation and the registration of a case, the exam has now been deferred sine die.

Teacher Eligibility Test, to be conducted by Maharashtra State Council of Examination across the state, has been postponed after several questions from the actual examination were found in the unauthorized question paper held by certain individuals in Bhiwandi. The exam was… pic.twitter.com/Ulh381aowL

— ANI (@ANI) June 27, 2026

MAHA TET paper pattern 

MAHA TET 2026 has two papers- paper 1 and paper 2. Both papers conducted on the same day in different timelines. The first paper held from 10.30 am to 1 pm and the second from 2.30 PM to 5 PM. The exam conducted in pen and paper mode wherein candidates need to mark their answers on the OMR sheet. There will be 150 questions in the exam carrying one mark each. There will be no negative marking in the exam.

Washim, Maharashtra: On the TET paper leak, Shiv Sena MLC Ambadas Danve says, “Just as the TET paper was leaked, Maharashtra was also at the centre of the NEET paper leak. Even after that, the government failed to learn any lessons. The TET is, comparatively, a much smaller… pic.twitter.com/V0LKuIU6r7

— IANS (@ians_india) June 27, 2026

The question paper sets in nine languages including Marathi, English, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Telugu, Sindhi, Kannada, and Hindi.

MAHA TET deferred exam date 2026 

MAHA TET deferred exam date 2026 will be announced soon. The candidates can check and download MAHA TET deferred exam scheduled on the official website – mahatet.in, once released. To download MAHA TET exam date 2026, candidates need to visit the official portal – mahatet.in and click on MAHA TET exam schedule PDF link. MAHA TET exam schedule PDF will be available for download on the screen, save MAHA TET exam date PDF and take a printout.

MAHA TET admits card 2026 

MAHA TET admits card 2026 will be released two or three days before the exam. MAHA TET hall ticket once released, will be available for download at mahatet.in. To download MAHA TET Hall ticket PDF, candidates need to visit the official portal – mahatet.in and click on MAHA TET Hall ticket PDF link. MAHA TET hall ticket PDF will be available for download, save MAHA TET admit card PDF and take a hard copy out of it.