West Bengal Police Constable & Sub-Inspector 2024 — Eligibility, PMT/PET, Scheme, OBC Changes

Constable in West Bengal Police — 2024 [2]

After the Backward Classes Welfare Department's new OBC list (May 2026), the Board republished the constable vacancy table on 12 August 2026: the total stayed at 11,749 (8,212 men, 3,537 women), but the separate OBC-A and OBC-B lines became a single OBC line and the Unreserved lines grew. [3]

Sub-Inspector (Unarmed & Armed Branch), West Bengal Police — 2024 (revised 6 Oct 2026) [10]

Sub-Inspector timeline: preliminary result and PMT/PET from 17 November 2025; Final Combined Competitive Examination on 22 February 2026. [11]

• Constable: Madhyamik (WBBSE) or equivalent; age 18 to 30 on 1 Jan 2024.
• Relaxation (constable): SC / ST 5 years; OBC-A / OBC-B 3 years; third gender 3 years; Civic / Village Police Volunteers 5 years; ex-servicemen by their years of service (up to age 40); NVF / Home Guards as per rules. [1]

• Sub-Inspector: a bachelor's degree in any discipline; age 20 to 30 on 1 Jan 2024.
• Relaxation (SI): SC / ST 5 years, OBC 3 years, transgender 3 years; departmental candidates of West Bengal Police up to 35, plus the same caste relaxations. [8]

• Bengali: the applicant must be able to speak, read and write Bengali. This does not apply to permanent residents of the hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling and Kalimpong, for whom the West Bengal Official Language Act, 1961 applies.
• For constables, Bengali / Nepali reading, writing and speaking is tested specifically at the interview.
• NVF / Home Guards and Civic / Village Police Volunteers need three years of service (on 1 Jan 2024) to apply in their quota. [1]

Constable — minimum physical measurement [1]

Sub-Inspector — minimum physical measurement [9]

• Constable written exam: 85 one-mark MCQs (four options), 1 hour, OMR — General Awareness & GK 25, English 10, Elementary Mathematics (Madhyamik standard) 25, Reasoning 25. Question paper in Bengali and Nepali.
• Negative marking: ¼ of the marks of a question is deducted for each wrong answer.
• PMT and PET are qualifying; running time is taken by RFID chip and only one chance is given.
• Interview: 15 marks. Merit = written marks + interview marks (100). [1]

Constable PET (qualifying) [1]

Sub-Inspector PET (qualifying) [9]

• SI prelim: 200 marks in 90 minutes, OMR, English and Bengali — General Studies 50 questions (100 marks), Logical & Analytical Reasoning 25 (50), Arithmetic 25 (50). ¼ of a question's marks is deducted per wrong answer; prelim marks are not counted in merit.
• SI Final Combined Competitive Exam (conventional, same day): Paper I General Studies & Arithmetic 100 marks (2 h), Paper II English 50 marks (1 h), Paper III Bengali / Hindi / Urdu / Nepali 50 marks (1 h).
• SI personality test: 30 marks with a pass mark of 8. Final merit = Final Combined Exam + personality test. [9]

Constable [1]

Sub-Inspector [9]

SC / ST candidates of other states get no fee exemption, and EWS candidates of other states are treated as Unreserved. Fees are not refunded. [1]

• Constable vacancies carry horizontal quotas inside each category: Exempted Category (land losers' families, ex-census employees, election workers), NVF & Home Guards, ex-servicemen, Civic / Village Police Volunteers and sports quota. Unfilled horizontal seats go to other candidates of the same category.
• EWS candidates need an Income and Asset Certificate valid for 2023-24 or later; certificates from other states are not accepted.
• OBC certificates must name OBC-A or OBC-B (as per the 2024 rules) and be issued within the year before 1 Jan 2024, or be revalidated.
• Hill-area candidates (Darjeeling, Kalimpong) must produce domicile certificates; Gorkhas, Garhwalis and Rajbanshis need a community certificate to claim relaxed physical standards. [1]

On 18 May 2026 the Backward Classes Welfare Department withdrew all its 2025 OBC notifications and notified a State List of 66 OBC classes with 7% reservation in state services, following the Calcutta High Court judgment of 22 May 2024. WBPRB says OBC certificates naming any class outside this list are invalid and such candidates are treated as Unreserved; candidates dropped from the list who hold a valid EWS certificate can be treated as EWS. [7]

• Original Aadhaar card (the same number given when downloading the admit card).
• Madhyamik admit card or pass certificate (age proof) and the pass certificate obtained on or before 5 Apr 2024.
• OBC certificate (fresh or revalidated) and EWS Income & Asset Certificate; OBC / EWS candidates whose class changed must get certificates issued on or after 14 Jun 2025; SC / ST certificate.
• Domicile certificate for hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling and Kalimpong.
• Exempted Category, NVF / Home Guard and Civic Volunteer enrolment certificates; third-gender identity certificate; community certificate (Gorkha / Garhwali / Rajbanshi); ex-servicemen discharge order / PPO; sports certificate; NOC for government employees. [6]

The constable and Sub-Inspector 'Information to Applicants' both state the pay scale only as "as per existing rules". [1]

No pay level, rupee figure or in-hand salary is printed in the 2024 recruitment documents, so none is shown here.

Provisionally selected constables fill in a verification roll for a character and antecedents check and are sent for a medical examination before appointment. [1]

Sub-Inspector candidates choose between the Unarmed and Armed Branch in order of preference in the application, and that choice is final. [9]

1. WBPRB — Information to Applicants, Recruitment to the post of Constables in West Bengal Police - 2024 (Mar 2024) (opens in a new tab) eligibility, Bengali rule, age, PMT, PET, written exam, negative marking, interview, fees, reservation, certificates, pay · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
2. WBPRB — Constable 2024 notices: application window (Notice 2024/13), written exam 30 Nov 2025 (6 Nov 2025), written result and PMT/PET (29 Dec 2025), final merit list (24 Sep 2026) (opens in a new tab) constable timeline · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
3. WBPRB — Notice 2026/06, revised vacancy position, Constables WBP 2024 (12 Aug 2026) (opens in a new tab) 11,749 posts by category after the new OBC list · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
4. WBPRB — Notice 2026/13, final merit list, Constables WBP 2024 (24 Sep 2026) (opens in a new tab) final selection list published · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
5. WBPRB — Notice 2026/19 on WPA 6594, 9537, 9538 and 9541 of 2026 (14 Oct 2026) (opens in a new tab) horizontal-reservation appointments subject to High Court cases · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
6. WBPRB — Notice 2025/22, important documents to be kept ready, Constables WBP 2024 (17 Nov 2025) (opens in a new tab) document checklist · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
7. WBPRB — Notice 2026/04 on the revised State List of OBCs and Notice 2026/05 on category updates (12 Aug 2026) (opens in a new tab) 66 OBC classes, 7% reservation, invalid certificates, EWS switch · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
8. WBPRB — Notice 2024/14, Sub-Inspector (Unarmed & Armed Branch) in West Bengal Police - 2024 (opens in a new tab) SI age, relaxations, qualification, Bengali rule · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
9. WBPRB — Information to Applicants, Sub-Inspector in West Bengal Police - 2024 (opens in a new tab) SI physical standards, PET, prelim, final exam, personality test, fees, branch preference · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
10. WBPRB — Notice 2026/14, revised vacancy position, SI WBP 2024 (6 Oct 2026) (opens in a new tab) 1,131 SI posts by category and branch · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
11. WBPRB — SI 2024 notices: prelim result and PMT/PET (7 Nov 2025); Final Combined Competitive Examination on 22 Feb 2026 (6 Feb 2026) (opens in a new tab) SI timeline · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

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