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Telangana police job aspirants protest low vacancies, age limit
Lakhs of Telangana youth have been protesting for over 40 days over a police recruitment notification issued in July 2026 for only 7,437 constable and sub-inspector posts, far fewer than the claimed…
The Story in Brief
Lakhs of Telangana youth have been protesting for over 40 days over a police recruitment notification issued in July 2026 for only 7,437 constable and sub-inspector posts, far fewer than the claimed 17,000 vacancies. Aspirants say they have crossed or are close to crossing the upper age limit of 27 for general category (32 for reserved) and demand it be raised to 36 for constables and 38 for SIs. They also blame GO 46, which reserves 95% of posts for local candidates, for skewed competition. With coaching costs running up to Rs 5 lakh over two-three years, candidates feel cheated out of years of preparation.
Past recruitment drives saw over 7 lakh applicants for 11,000-18,000 posts, underscoring the scale of the jobs crisis. Student groups and unemployed youth have joined the protests, with sit-ins at the Police Recruitment Board office and arrests recorded.
The Indian Opinion
The standard narrative pits jobless youth as victims and the government as callous. But the truth is messier. The Revanth Reddy government inherited a broken recruitment pipeline and a contentious GO 46 from its predecessor. Critics who demand all 17,000 vacancies be filled at once ignore the state's fiscal reality and the legal tangle over local quotas. Meanwhile, aspirants pinched by years of coaching costs have a point about age limits that literally age them out of eligibility. The real test will come when the government announces the next recruitment cycle: will it raise the age bar or scrap GO 46?
Source: thefederal.com
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