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Superintendent of Police

The method of selection for the assistant Superintendent of Police is done by competitive Civil Services Examination for which the following are the eligibility conditions:

  • A Candidate must be a Citizen of India
  • A Candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have more than 30 years of age.
  • The upper age limit prescribed will be relaxable:

    (a) Up to maximum of 5 years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years military service and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and they will be released on 3 months notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment.

    (b) Up to a maximum of 10 years candidates belonging to Schedule Cast or Schedule Tribes who are also ECOs and SSCOs and have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of military service and whose assignment has been extended beyond 5 years and in whose case the ministry of defence issues a certificate that they can apply for Civil Employment and that they will be released on 3 months notice on selection from the date of the receipt of offer of appointment.

    (c) Up to a maximum of 3 years candidates belonging to other backward classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.
  • The above prescribed age can in no case be relaxed.
  • The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a Certificate recognized by Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation in an extract from a register or matriculates maintained by university, which extract must be certified by the proper authority of the university or in the higher secondary or an equivalent examination certificate.

Educational Qualification

A candidate must hold a Degree of any of the Universities incorporated by an act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the University Grands Commission act 1956 or posses an equivalent qualification.

The competitive examination comprises two successive stages

  • Civil services (preliminary) examination (objective type) for the selection of candidates for main examination
  • Civil services (main) examination (written and interview) for the selection of candidates for various services and posts.

Application Procedure

A candidate seeking admission to the preliminary examination must apply to the Under Secretary (CSP) Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, (Post Bag No. 2), New Delhi - 110011, through the application Form.

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