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Maharashtra cabinet gives go-ahead for recruiment of over 15,000 constables
Mumbai: The Maharashtra cabinet, chaired by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis approved a proposal for the recruitment of 15,631 constables, including 25 bandsmen, for the state police through the optical mark recognition (OMR) written exams to fill the vacant posts.
Among them will be 12,399 police constables, 234 police-drivers, 2,393 armed police constables, and 580 prison constables.
In this recruitment, candidates who crossed the prescribed age limit for the relevant post in the years 2022 and 2023 will also be able to apply as a one-time special case and can participate in the recruitment process. The recruitment process for police constables is implemented at the respective district level for which an OMR-based written examination will be conducted.
The govt empowered the Additional Director General of Police, Training and Special Teams Department, to conduct the recruitment process, scrutinise the applications, process them, conduct the physical examination of the candidates, and conduct the written examination of the qualified candidates.
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The govt stated that the constable cadre in the police force is very important for maintaining law and order in the state and if the posts remain vacant, the workload on the police increases. In order to improve the situation in the police force and prisons, the High Court and the Supreme Court have also given directions from time to time that these posts should be filled in time and the people's representatives had also demanded that these posts be filled immediately.
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