Haryana withdraws 6,000 posts of cops advertised 18 months back

Sushil Manav

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 29

Haryana on Tuesday withdrew an advertisement wide which the government had invited applications for filling 6,000 posts of constables in the state police force.

The advertisement for filling 5,000 posts of male constables and 1,000 posts of woman constables issued on June 9, 2019, was withdrawn by the Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) today through a notice issued on its website.

“The advertisement has been withdrawn following a letter in this regard from Haryana police. The posts have been withdrawn by the police department,” said Bharat Bhushan Bharti, Chairman of the HSSC.

Manoj Yadava, Director General of Haryana Police, said the posts would be re-advertised with an increased demand.

“We will place a fresh demand for 5,500 posts of male constables instead of the 5,000 advertised earlier. Similarly, 1,100 posts of woman constables will now be advertised in place of 1,000 earlier. Besides this, 698 woman constables are to be recruited for Durga One Battalion, an exclusive all woman battalion of the armed police announced by Haryana government. Hence, a fresh advertisement will be released soon with 1,298 more posts,” said Yadava.

Sources, meanwhile, said the advertisement has been withdrawn, mainly, to allow economically weaker section (EWS) candidates to apply for the posts in accordance with an announcement made by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in the state assembly.

In the Haryana Assembly session held in November this year, Khattar had announced that relaxation of five years in age would be provided in police recruitment to the candidates belonging to the economically weaker section.

Previously, the minimum age for a police job in Haryana is 18 years and the maximum age for all applicants must be under 25 years.

Khattar had said the state government had implemented the provision of 10 per cent reservation to the EWS-category candidates in the government jobs based on the pattern of central government.

The CM had also announced that the EWS candidates would also be allowed to apply in the existing vacancies.

Sources said once the posts were advertised afresh, the EWS candidates who become eligible by virtue of the government’s announcement would also be able to apply for these posts.

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