West Bengal Police

RECRUITMENT OF CONSTABLES IN WEST BENGAL POLICE , 2010

Applications are invited in the prescribed format for recruitment of Constables (Male) in West Bengal Police from

candidates possessing qualifications and fulfilling conditions as stipulated below. The posts of Constables carry pay scale of

Rs. 5400 — 25200 (PB-2) + Rs. 2600 (Grade Pay) with admissible allowances and prospect of future promotion as per West

Bengal Government Rules issued from time to time. The recruitment will be conducted through West Bengal Police

recruitment Board, which has been constituted to ensure fair, transparent and impartial recruitment with the help of modern

technical gadgets.

A. QUALIFICATIONS -

(i) Must be a citizen of India.

(ii) AGE — Not less than 18 years and not more than 27 years as on 01-01-2010. Upper age limit may be

relaxed by 5 years for S.C. / S.T. candidates and by 3 years for O.B.C. candidates of West Bengal. S.C. /

S.T. / O.B.C. candidates not belonging to the State of West Bengal shall be treated as General

candidates.

(iii) MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS — Must have passed Madhyamik Pariksha of the West

Bengal Board of Secondary Education or equivalent examination under any Board recognized by any

State Government or the Central Government.

(iv) MINIMUM PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT -

(a)
For All categories : Height — 167 cms.

Chest — 78 cms. with minimum expansion of 5 cms(78cms — 83cms)

Weight — Proportionate to height and age as per medical standard.

(b)
For Gorkha, Garwalis, Rajbansis and Schedule Tribes ^Height — 160 cms

Chest — 76 cms with minimum expansion of 5 cms.(76Cms - 81 Cms)

Weight - Proportionate to height and age as per medical standard.

B. PHYSICAL EFFICIENCY TEST (QUALIFYING) -

After qualifying in Physical Measurements the candidates shall have to pass the following Physical Efficiency

Test:-

1600 Mtrs. Run (qualifying time is 6 minutes 30 seconds).

C. WRITTEN TEST (90 MARKS) :

The candidates who qualify in the Physical Measurement Test and Physical efficiency Test will be

eligible to appear in the written examination of objective type on General Awareness, General

Knowledge, Knowledge of elementary mathematics, Ability to observe and distinguish patterns and

basic knowledge of English and Bengali /Nepali / Hindi languages. The candidates are expected to fill
 up the correct blank spaces against a question number on the machine readable OMR Answer

Sheet.

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West Bengal Police

D. INTERVIEW (10 MARKS) :

The candidates who qualify in the written examination will be called for interview. The interview will

be conducted by West Bengal Police Recruitment Board through different Range Recruitment Boards.

A merit list of the provisionally selected candidates will be prepared on the basis of the marks

obtained in the Written Test and Interview by the West Bengal Police Recruitment Board.

E. MEDICAL EXAMINATION :

All provisionally selected candidates who will be declared to have clear Verification Roll having 'NO

OBJECTION' issued by the competent authority will be sent for the medical examination at the State

Government designated Hospitals. The candidates must not have knock knee, flat foot, vericose vein

and squint eyes. The vision should be 6/6 with or without glasses. They should possess high colour

vision and should not be colour blind. The medical test will also include chest X ray and other tests

as prescribed by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal from

time to time. The selected candidates should be a good mental and physical health and free from

any physical deformity likely to interfere with the efficient performance of their duties. The

certificate of medical fitness will be issued by authorized Medical Officer.

F. OTHER INSTRUCTIONS :

(i) Canvassing of one's candidature in any way will disqualify the candidature.

(ii) The candidates shall produce original certificates of Educational Qualifications and other testimonials at

the time of interview.

(iii) Attested copies of all certificates / testimonials have to be submitted alongwith the application form (do

not send Original Certificates with the application).

(iv) No T.A. / D.A. will be allowed to the candidates for their journey to attend test / interview. They will

appear for the selection tests at their own expenses and risk.

(v) Incomplete Applications or Applications not in prescribed form or Application Forms received after due

date will summarily be rejected. No further correspondence in this regard will be entertained.

(vi)
Application Form must be filled in English Language only.

(vii) All communications to the candidates will be made at their noted PRESENT ADDRESS.
G. Number of vacancies is likely to be 4767. Reservation for SC / ST / OBC candidates of West Bengal will be as per

the

prevailing rules.

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West Bengal Police

H. (i) Application forms and Information Brochures will be available from 16/08/2010 from the offices of the

Superintendents of Police of the districts on payment of Rs.150(One Hundred fifty) only by Demand Draft / Postal Order

drawn in favour of the West Bengal Police Recruitment Board for the General and OBC Category Candidates and free of

cost for the SC / ST category candidates on production of original Caste / Tribe certificate issued by the competent

authority. All candidates from States other than West Bengal will be treated as general candidates and they will

purchase such forms and brochures from the office of the Superintendent of Police, district South 24 Parganas at

Alipore, Kolkata. (ii) Duly filled in application forms alongwith 2(two) recent stamp size photographs, one pasted on the

application form at the specified box and the other attached with the application form with form serial number written

on the back side and attested Xerox copies of certificates / testimonials should reach The Chairman, West Bengal Police

Recruitment Board, Araksha Bhavan (PCC),Block — DJ, Sector — II, Salt Lake City, Kolkata — 700 091 by

10/09/2010, in closed envelope with superscription as "APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF CONSTABLE IN WEST

BENGAL POLICE, 2010".