Odisha Police Constable

They are run by two different boards. The Odisha Police Recruitment Board (OPRB), Bhubaneswar, runs the Combined Police Service Examination (CPSE) for Sub Inspector of Police, Sub Inspector of Police (Armed), Station Officer (Fire Service) and Assistant Jailor. The State Selection Board (SSB), Odisha Police, Cuttack, runs the recruitment of Sepoys / Constables in the OSAP, IR, SIR and Special Security battalions, through Battalion Level Selection Boards.

For Sub Inspector of Police, Sub Inspector of Police (Armed) and Assistant Jailor, a Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognised University. For Station Officer (Fire Service), a Science or Engineering graduate from a Government recognised University or Institution. For Sepoy / Constable, the High School Certificate Examination — Matriculation or 10th Class pass — from the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha, or an equivalent.

Yes. A Sub-Inspector candidate must be able to speak, read and write Odia, and must have passed the M.E. School or a higher examination with Odia as a subject, or the H.S.C. or an equivalent with Odia as the medium in a non-language subject, or the written test in Odia of M.E. School standard conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha. The Sepoy / Constable written paper also carries Odia language questions and is set in English and Odia.

Women and transgender candidates may apply for Sub Inspector of Police and Assistant Jailor, but not for Sub Inspector of Police (Armed) or Station Officer in Fire Service. Persons with Disability are not eligible for any of the CPSE posts. The Sepoy / Constable battalion advertisement prescribes physical standards for men only.

For the Sepoy / Constable battalion recruitment, 18 to 23 years as on 01-01-2024, with 5 years' relaxation in the upper limit for SC, ST and SEBC candidates. For CPSE-2024 the advertisement first set 21 to 25 years as on 01-01-2024 with 5 years' relaxation for SC, ST, SEBC and women; a corrigendum then granted 3 years' age relaxation to all categories following orders of the Orissa High Court and the Government of Odisha, so the limits became 21 to 28 years for UR and 21 to 33 years for SEBC, SC, ST and women of all categories, still reckoned on 01.01.2024.

No. Both advertisements state that the examination fee has been exempted for all categories of candidates, as per G.A. & P.G. Department Notification No. 9897/Gen.

For CPSE the written test is OMR based and objective: Paper-I General English and Odia Language for 100 marks in 90 minutes, Paper-II General Studies for 200 marks in 180 minutes, and Paper-III a Technical Paper for 200 marks in 180 minutes for the Fire Service post only. Each correct answer is 1 mark and 0.25 is deducted for a wrong answer. The Sepoy / Constable paper is a Computer Based Recruitment Examination of 100 marks in 120 minutes with the same 1 mark and 0.25 negative marking, and the qualifying mark is 35 for UR and SEBC and 30 for SC and ST.

No. In both recruitments the Physical Standard Measurement and the Physical Efficiency Test are purely qualifying and carry no marks, and failing any stage disqualifies the candidate. For CPSE the merit list is the written marks plus NCC weightage of 1 mark for a 'B' certificate and 2 marks for a 'C' certificate. For Sepoy / Constable the select list is the written marks plus the optional driving test — 5 marks for a heavy vehicle licence and 3 for a light vehicle licence — plus 2 bonus marks for an NCC 'A', 'B' or 'C' certificate.

The notification prescribes a minimum height, weight and chest measurement that differ by category and by gender, and requires at least a 5 cm difference between the unexpanded and expanded chest. StudyBddy does not publish the figures themselves. They sit in a table in the official PDF whose cells did not survive text extraction, so no measurement here could be traced back to the document. Read the physical-standards table in the current advertisement before relying on any number, because whether you meet it decides whether you may apply at all.

On the Odisha Police recruitment list, where each notice appears with its letter number, date and subject. As read for this record, the Sepoys / Constables-2024 recruitment has run to its revised final result and joining notices, while the CPSE-2024 written examination for Sub-Inspector stands postponed with admit card downloading on hold, and no rescheduled date appears on that list.