Telangana Govt raises upper age limit by 2 years for Uniform Services

Telangana Government has issued orders, raising the maximum age limit by two years for appointment by direct recruitment to various services/ categories of posts in uniform services by two years

Hyderabad: In a move that will help aspirants of the police and other uniform services jobs, the State government has recently raised the upper age limit by two years for all ensuring recruitments in the respect of uniform services in the State for a period of two years.

The uniform services comprise Police, Fire, Prisons, Special Protection Force, Excise, Transport and Forest departments. Each cadre post has a different upper age limit.

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The move by the government comes following a number of representations from unemployed youth and uniformed services aspirants seeking relaxation of the upper age limit for direct recruitment. Such a step will enable more unemployed youth to become eligible for recruitment to various categories of posts.

The Telangana State Public Service Commission has also requested the government to raise the maximum age limit for the posts of uniform services further by two years.

“Government after careful examination of the matter, decided to raise the maximum age limit for the posts of uniform services in the Police, Fire, Prisons, Special Protection Force, Excise, Transport and Forest Departments, further by two years, in addition to five years, for a period of two years,” reads an order issued by Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari.

Earlier, the government raised the upper age limit by two years from existing 44 years to 46 years for the ensuing recruitments for all non-uniformed services.