All you need to know about UP Police recruitment process
The Uttar Pradesh Government will recruit 56,808 personnel in the state police force to fill the vacant posts. The process to recruit 51,216 personnel in UP Police and Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), 3,668 jail wardens, and 1,924 firemen will start in November, Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar and Director General of Police (DGP) OP Singh said at a joint press conference in Lucknow.
Applications for civil police, PAC open from November 1-30
Application forms for the civil police and PAC will be filled from November 1-30 and the examination can be held on January 4/5, 2019. The results would be announced in the third week of Jun'19. 20% posts of civil constables would be reserved for women.
Firemen post exams to be held on July 10, 2019
Applications for the post of firemen will be filled between November 5 and December 4, and examinations would be held on July 10, 2019. Results would be announced in July 2019. Applications for the post of jail wardens will also be filled next month and the probable examination dates are January 8 and 9, 2019, and the results are likely in July 2019.
Proper security arrangements to be made during exams
Kumar said that the process of conducting interviews for all these posts has been done away with. The reservation facility will be applicable as per the law, he said. Proper security arrangements will be made for the conduct of the exam, he added.
Over 97,000 vacant posts will be filled with the process
Kumar said an earlier process to recruit over 42,000 police personnel, which was stalled in June, will be undertaken later this month and the examination will be conducted on October 25 and 26. A total of 9.75 lakh candidates will appear in the examination. There are over 97,000 vacant posts in the state police force which would be filled with these processes, he added.