NOTICE

No. WBPRB/NOTICE - 2024/11 (CONS._LC_KP_24)

Applications are invited from eligible Indian citizens having following eligibility criteria for recruitment to the

post of Constables/Lady Constables in Kolkata Police - 2024.

Eligibility Criteria : -

(1) Age : - The applicant must not be less than 18 (Eighteen) years old and must not be more than 30

(Thirty) years old as on 01.01.2024. Upper age limit is relaxable as follows :-

a) By 5 (five) years in case of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates.

b) By 3 (three) years in case of Other Backward Classes-A and Other Backward Classes-B candidates.

c) By 3 (three) years in case of Third Gender/Transgender persons.

d) By 5 (five) years in case of Civic Volunteers serving in Kolkata Police only.

and

e) By the total number of years of completed service in case of Ex-servicemen candidates subject to

maximum age of 40 (forty) years.

Note :-

i) Third Gender/Transgender candidates belonging to OBC-A, OBC-B and Unreserved category

will get upper age relaxation by maximum 3 (three) years and the candidates belonging to

Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribe will get maximum 5 (five) years of age relaxation.

ii) Civic Volunteers belonging to any category, will get maximum 5 (five) years of relaxation in

upper age limit.

2) Educational Qualifications :- The applicant must have passed Madhyamik Examination from the West

Bengal Board of Secondary Education or its equivalent.

3) Language : - The applicant must be able to speak, read and write in Bengali language, provided that the

provision will not be applicable to the persons who are permanent residents of hill sub-divisions of

Darjeeling and Kalimpong Districts for whom the provisions laid down in the West Bengal Official

Language Act, 1961 (West Ben. Act XXIV of 1961) shall be applicable.

4) Home Guard personnel and Civic Volunteers serving under Kolkata Police and desirous of applying

must have completed 03 (three) years of service as on 01.01.2024.

5) Candidates belonging to Economically Weaker Section (EWS) must produce INCOME and ASSET

CERTIFICATE as per specified format for the Financial Year 2023-2024 or onwards issued by the

competent authority.

6) For the vacancies reserved under Sports Quota, only meritorious sports persons participated in a

competition on or after 01.01.2021 from the following disciplines may apply :-

i) Athletics [including Track and Field events], ii) Badminton, iii) Basket Ball, iv) Cricket, v) Football, vi)

Hockey, vii) Swimming, viii) Table Tennis, ix) Volley Ball, x) Tennis, xi) Weightlifting, xii) Wrestling,

xiii) Boxing, xiv) Cycling, xv) Gymnastics, xvi) Judo, xvii) Riffle Shooting, xviii) Kabaddi and xix) Kho-

kho.

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WEST BENGAL POLICE RECRUITMENT BOARD,

ARAKSHA BHAWAN (5

FLOOR), 6

CROSS ROAD, BLOCK-DJ,

SECTOR-II, SALT LAKE CITY, KOLKATA - 700 091

RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF CONSTABLES/

LADY CONSTABLES IN KOLKATA POLICE - 2024

Application Forms must be submitted through on-line only during the period from 01.03.2024 (00:01 hrs.) to

29.03.2024 (23:59 hrs.). Applicants are advised to read the ‘Information to Applicants’ before applying.

Violation of instructions as given in the ‘Information to Applicants’ may lead to cancellation of

application form.

An editing window will be available for the applicants want to edit/rectify their personal information (except

permanent State, Mobile Number & E-mail Id.) already submitted in their Application Form, for 07 (seven)

days w.e.f. 01.04.2024 to 07.04.2024. To edit the personal information, the applicant will have to provide (i)

His/her Application Sl. No. or Registered Mobile Number and (ii) Date of Birth (DOB) as entered in the

Application. On providing these information, the applicant will get an OTP to their Mobile Number. On

successful verification of OTP the applicant will be allowed to edit his/her information (except permanent

State, Mobile Number & E-mail Id.). Request for change/correction in the personal details (except category)

shall not be entertained under any circumstances in later stages. However, if a candidate procures caste

certificate after editing window is closed and wants to change his/her category, he/she must submit the

petition in person or through e-mail at changing.caste.category.ews.only@gmail.com by mentioning the

Subject, Application Serial Number with Recruitment Drive within the time frame as mentioned in the

Information to Applicants. Please follow instructions in detail as given in the ‘Information to Applicants’.

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The selection process by the West Bengal Police Recruitment Board is transparent

and purely merit-based. Hence, the applicants are advised to beware of the

unscrupulous elements, racketeers, touts who may misguide the candidates with

false promises of getting them selected for the job on illegal consideration.