UP Police Constable recruitment delayed; aspirants demand 3-year age relaxation for ‘lost years’

A large section of aspirants awaiting the UP Police Constable recruitment have intensified their demand for the immediate release of the notification and age relaxation, alleging prolonged delays by the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPRPB).

Several candidates have taken to social media platforms to flag concerns over becoming overage while waiting for the UP Constable recruitment cycle to begin, with the hashtag #UP_Constable_Vacancy crossing 52,000 posts on X.

As per the official notification, the upcoming recruitment is expected to fill multiple posts, including civil police constable, PAC constable, special security force (SSF) constable, jail warden, mounted police, PAC armed constable, and women constable.

The UP recruitment process was scheduled to begin in December 2025, with the last date for application submission likely to fall in January 2026.

Under the existing eligibility norms, candidates applying for UP Police Constable posts should have passed Class 12 and the age limit is 18 to 25 years for male candidates, while female candidates up to 28 years will be eligible to apply.

Aspirants are now demanding a three-year age relaxation, arguing that the repeated delays in recruitment have made several candidates ineligible.

The selection process will include a written test, physical efficiency test, document verification, and medical examination.

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#UP_Constable_Vacancy trends

Aspirants have appealed to the Uttar Pradesh government to intervene in the matter and issue the UP Police Constable application form without further delay and reiterated their demand for age relaxation to compensate for lost years.

“It is requested to the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment Board that they kindly issue the advertisement for the Uttar Pradesh Police Constable Recruitment at the earliest; the candidates are becoming overage while waiting for the new recruitment,” a user on X said, requesting the UP government to provide 3-year age relaxation.

“The government said that the police recruitment will come in the last week of December, but it hasn't come yet, But before the recruitment comes, they have implemented the exam negative marking rule, which is very good,” Kuldeep Yadav said. “But until the recruitment comes, the candidates will be shelling peas for this negative marking,” he added.

“To make your voice reach the government with full strength, the movement is on—students, raise your voice together: Police recruitment notification be issued and Age limit relaxation be granted,” Braj Shyam Maurya said.

The UPPRPB has not yet issued the UP Police Constable notification yet.