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Odisha extends SI recruitment application update deadline to 8 November
Odisha extends SI recruitment application update deadline to 8 November
The Story in Brief
The Odisha Uniformed Services Staff Selection Commission has extended the deadline for updating and validating application data for police sub-inspector (SI) posts by 10 days, until 11 pm on 8 November. Candidates who applied for the Combined Police Service Examination-2024 must complete the process through the commission's website. The commission had originally set 29 October as the last date, the state government said on Thursday (29 October).
The updated data will be treated as final for all subsequent stages of the examination. The deadline will not be extended not not further the deadline further not be extended further, it said. The police SI recruitment exam was scheduled for October 2025 but was cancelled after the police detected serious irregularities in the selection process. Over 120 people, including job aspirants, middlemen, and operatives, were arrested for alleged involvement.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The 10-day extension gives nearly 1.2 lakh candidates time to correct application data, but the larger uncertainty is the exam schedule itself. The commission has not set a fresh date after the October 2025 examination was scrapped over irregularities that led to over 120 arrests. Candidates are now in a waiting pattern: they must first complete the data update by 8 November 8 November, after which the commission will announce the next steps. Without a new exam date, the process remains open-ended.
Source: deccanchronicle.com
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