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UP Police: This recruitment of UP Police got cancelled due to degree-diploma fight, know when it will happen now?

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UP Police Bharti 2025, Up Police Radio Operator Bharti 2023: The recruitment of UP Police got canceled due to a degree and diploma. Now many speculations are being made about when this exam will be held, it is being said that this exam will now be completed again in the next six months. The Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board has said that this exam will be conducted in the next six months.

UP Police Radio Operator Recruitment Cancelled: Controversy over degree and diploma.

UP Police had issued recruitment for 936 posts of Radio Head Operator and Head Operator Mechanical in the year 2022. A total of 80 thousand applications were received for this, out of which 40 thousand candidates had taken the exam. After this, this exam got entangled in the matter of degree and diploma. The UP Police Recruitment Board had stated the qualification as a diploma in the recruitment advertisement, whereas earlier in the year 2021 examination, the then chairman of the recruitment board, Renuka Mishra, had passed a proposal and considered degree holders eligible to apply. Later, the board chairman Rajiv Krishna canceled this proposal.

UPPBPB Exam: The matter reached the court
The dispute that started regarding the degree and diploma for the UP Police Radio Operator Recruitment Examination reached the High Court. The degree holders filed a petition in the High Court against the decision of the board chairman Rajiv Krishna not to consider the degree holders eligible, on which the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on 8 January 2025 canceled the examination of 30 and 31 January 2024 and ordered the UP Police Recruitment and Promotion Board to conduct it again within six months.

Allahabad HighCourt on UP Police Exam: What did the court say

During the hearing of this case, the Allahabad High Court said that 75 candidates among those who applied for these recruitments were degree holders. In such a situation, the entire recruitment process should be done afresh. The court said that the change in the eligibility rules was against the rules and canceled the recruitment process. The Allahabad High Court said in its order that the Police Recruitment Board does not have the right to change the examination eligibility standards. Such changes can be made only at the government level.

UP Police Bharti Board Notice: The Recruitment Board issued a notice

In this regard, a notice has been issued by the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board, stating that the examination held on 30 and 31 January 2024 for 936 posts of Head Operator and Head Operator Mechanical in Uttar Pradesh Police Radio Cadre will be completed in the next 6 months. The UP Police Recruitment Board is committed to completing this recruitment process. Complete information in this regard will be released on the board's website uppbpb.gov.in.

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