(JOBS) West Bengal Police : Constables Recruitment-2018

Post Name:

Sl. No	Category (Sub-category	No. of vacancies
1.	Unreserved (UR)	2087
2.	Unreserved (E.C.)	1263
3.	Unreserved (Ex-servicemen)	552
4.	Scheduled Caste	179
5.	Scheduled Caste (E.C.)	583
6.	Scheduled Caste (Ex-servicemen)	139
7.	Scheduled Tribe	108
8.	Scheduled Tribe (E.C.)	175
9.	OBC-A	169
10.	OBC-A (E.C.)	249
11.	OBC-B	34
12.	OBC-B (E.C)	164
	TOTAL	5702

Pay Scale/Salary:

Constables in West Bengal Police in the Pay Scale of Rs. 5,400 – 25,200/- (i.e. Pay Band-2) + Grade Pay Rs. 2,600/-.

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Qualification:

The applicant must have passed Madhyamik Examination from the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education or its equivalent.

Language:

(i) The applicant must be able to speak, read and write the Bengali language. However, this provision will not be applicable to the persons who are permanent residents of hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling and Kalimpong Districts.

(ii) For the applicant of hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling and Kalimpong District, the provisions laid down in the West Bengal Official Language Act, 1961 will be applicable.

Note : -

The applicants must possess the above noted Qualifications on or before the date of publication of the advertisement.
The shortlisted candidates of Hill Sub-Divisions of Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts have to produce their domicile certificate at the time of document verification during interview.

Minimum Physical Standard :

Sl. No.	Category	Height (Barefoot) (in cm.)	Weight (in kg.)	Chest (in cm)
1.	Candidates of all categories (except Gorkhas, Garhwalies, Rajbanshis and Scheduled Tribes)	167	57	78 cms. (without expansion) 83 cms. (with expansion – 5 cms.)
2.	Gorkhas, Garhwalies, Rajbanshis and Scheduled Tribes	160	53	76 cms. (without expansion) 81 cms. (with expansion – 5 cms.)

Age Limit:

Must be a Citizen of India.

(i) The applicant must not be less than 18 (eighteen) years old and must not be more than 27 (twenty seven) years old as on 01/01/2018. The Upper-age limit shall be relaxed for the SC/ST candidates of West Bengal only by 05 (five) years and OBC candidates of West Bengal only by 03 (three) years. The upper age limit is also relaxable for the Ex-servicemen, NVF and Home Guards Personnel (serving in West Bengal Police only) as per existing Government Rules. However Age relaxation is NOT available to Civic Volunteers.

(ii) There is no upper age limit for those applicants under O.A. Nos. and W.P.S.T. No. as mentioned under the ‘Note (ii)’.

Note:-

(i) A candidate belonging to OBC-A or OBC-B category, if shortlisted for interview, has to produce revalidated/renewed or fresh OBC-A / OBC-B certificate issued form the competent authority within 01 (one) year preceding the date of his interview during verification of testimonials at the time of interview.

(ii) The Ex-servicemen, NVF personnel and Home Guards (serving in WBP only), if shortlisted, have to produce relevant documents regarding service rendered by them, in

Application Fee :

The following Application and/or Processing fees have been fixed

Sl. No.	Category	Application Fee	Processing Fee	Total Amount Payable
1.	All categories except Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (of West Bengal only)	Rs. 150	Rs. 20	Rs. 170
2.	Scheduled Caste (West Bengal only)	Nil	Rs. 20	Rs. 20
3.	Scheduled Tribe (West Bengal only)	Nil	Rs. 20	Rs. 20

Applicants belonging to the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (of West Bengal only) shall pay processing fees of Rs. 20/- (Rupees Twenty) only as they are exempted from paying any application fees. However, shortlisted candidates are required to produce their SC/ST certificates issued by the competent authority at the time of verification.
If any shortlisted candidate fails to submit the documents as stated above, his candidature shall be rejected summarily.
No exemption of fees is available to the SC/ST candidates of OTHER States.
Neither any claim for refund of the fee will be entertained nor will it be reserved for any other examination under any circumstances whatsoever.
Applications not accompanied with the requisite application and/or processing fees shall be rejected summarily.

How to Apply:

The West Bengal Police Recruitment Board extends the facilities of both the on-line and off-line submission of applications.

On-line submission: - Applicants will be able to submit application under this mode using the website policewb.gov.in by filling up their information including scanned photograph and signature. Applicants are advised to follow the procedure properly for applying through on-line mode. Only the applicants under the purview of the order passed by the Hon’ble High Court, Calcutta, dated 23.02.2016 in connection with W.P.S.T. Nos. 487 of 2010 and 351 of 2010 must select their W.P.S.T. No. and/or O.A. No. under which they had submitted petition before the Hon’ble High Court, Calcutta or West Bengal State Administrative Tribunal (WBSAT) when applying on-line or downloading the off-line application form including challan(s) for paying Application and/or Processing Fees. Payment of Application and/or Processing Fees can be made on-line through payment gateway by using Debit Cards/Credit Cards/Net-Banking of any Bank. Fees can also be paid through different e-wallets and Bharat QR and UPI App. An amount of Rs. 5/- (Rupees five) only will be charged by the agency concerned as “Service Charge” for availing Debit Cards/Credit Cards/Net-Banking/e-wallet/other App facility.

ON-LINE APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO UPLOAD SCANNED COPY OF THEIR RECENT PASSPORT SIZE PHOTOGRAPH (PREFERABLY COLOURED) AND FULL SIGNATURE IN JPG FORMAT COVERING THE ENTIRE SPACE PROVIDED FOR THE SAME. THE SIZE OF PHOTOGRAPH FILE AND SIGNATUFILE MUST BE BETWEEN 10 KB - 50 KB AND 5 KB - 20 KB RESPECTIVELY. THE IMAGE DIMENSION FOR PHOTOGRAPH AND SIGNATURE SHOULD BE 177 PX H X 138 PX W (4.5 CM HEIGHT X 3.5 CM WIDTH) AND 63 PX H X 350 PX W (1.7 CM HEIGHT X 9.2 CM WIDTH) RESPECTIVELY. PHOTOGRAPH MUST BE ON WHITE BACKGROUND WITH 75-80% OF THE PHOTO OCCUPYING THE APPLICANT’S FACE. APPLICANTS ARE ADVISED NOT TO UPLOAD IMAGES OF OTHER OBJECTS IN PLACE OF PHOTOGRAPH AND SIGNATURE.

On successful submission of the application, the applicants shall be provided with the copy of Application Form with his photograph, signature and unique Application Serial No. by the system. Candidates are advised to preserve it safely and mention the Application Sl. No. for all future communications, if required, with the West Bengal Police Recruitment Board. Request for change/correction in the Application Form SHALL NOT be entertained under any circumstances after final submission. The West Bengal Police Recruitment Board will not be responsible for any consequences arising out of non-acceptance of any correction/addition/deletion in any particular field in application form whatever the reasons may be. Note : : Each applicant is required to have an individual mobile no and e-mail ID. Sharing of mobile no. between applicants is not permitted. This number needs to remain valid till the entire process of the recruitment. The Board does not owe any responsibility for failure in delivery of SMS.