One hundred sixty-two post-graduates, 1,181 graduates, 261 diploma holders, 153 B Tech, and six M Tech are among the 7,173 successful candidates selected for the district police cadre (male and female) and armed police cadre (male) as the Punjab Police on Wednesday declared the results of the Recruitment of Constables, 2016, held recently.
Out of these 7,173 candidates, 3,556 are male in the district police cadre, while 1,116 females; and 2501 male candidates have been selected in the armed police cadre.
“About 85 per cent of the candidates selected are in the age group of 19-26 years of age. This percentage in Armed Police Cadre (Male) is 80
per cent, District Police Cadre (Male) is 83 per cent and in District Police Cadre (Female) is 97 per cent,” said the Punjab Police spokesperson.
Spokesperson informed that the results have been uploaded on the official website of Punjab Police — www.punjabpolice.gov.in.
“These candidate-friendly recruitment processes set the new precedents in transparency and fairness and the addition of 7,173 constables to the State Police Force is going to give a fillip to the resolve of the Punjab Police to conduct the Assembly Elections 2017 in a free, fair and transparent manner,” said the spokesperson.
Spokesperson informed that the successful candidates were being informed via SMS and email on their respective mobile numbers and email IDs also.
“The selected candidates will have to be report from October 27 onwards to the districts allocated to them (in case of District Police Cadre) and different Battalion Headquarters (in case of Armed Police Cadre) for a preliminary scrutiny of the certificates, mark-sheets and other documents,” said the spokesperson.
Spokesperson added that thereafter, their medical examination will be conducted and the character and antecedent checks will also be carried out.
“Those candidates who clear these verification processes will be joined in the police department provisionally as constables, subject to the verification of their educational qualification certificates or documents and other supporting documents from the concerned authorities,” he said adding that their training course was expected to begin from November 15 onwards at different training centres.