Goa Police Recruitment Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria 2024

The Goa Police department had announced vacancies for a number of posts for direct recruitment in Sub Inspector, Constable, Searcher, Asst Sub Inspector, Photographer, Laboratory Technician, Stenographer and Lower Division Clerk. To take good advantage of this opportunity, you should first ensure the Goa Police SI and other posts eligibility criteria 2024.

Note:

• Apart from all the essential qualifications, you need to possess 15 years of valid residence certificate issued by the Competent Authority of Goa.
• Only male candidates will be eligible to apply for the post of Police Constable (Bandman).

Know about the complete eligibility criteria as given below and start your preparation thereafter.

Educational Qualification

If you wish to apply for any of the posts among Sub Inspector, Constable, Searcher, Asst Sub Inspector, Photographer, Laboratory Technician, Stenographer and Lower Division Clerk under the Goa Police recruitment, you should possess certain educational qualifications failing which you will be disqualified from the selection process.

• The basic qualification required for all the posts is an - Degree from a recognized University or equivalent.
• For most of the posts, knowledge of the Marathi language is desirable.
• For a few posts, knowledge of Konkani is essential.

The other educational qualifications required for all the posts are as follows.

Physical Requirements

Except the essential qualifications specified for all the posts, there are certain physical standards that need to be followed with respect to the posts of Police Sub-Inspector and Police Constable. The required physical measurements for both male and female candidates will be different and are specified in the table below.

Physical Efficiency Test

Further, the PET requirements for different posts are mentioned below.

Age Criteria

Apart from the educational qualification, if you are applying for various posts in Goa Police recruitment you need to fall under a certain specified age bracket to be eligible for the recruitment. Each of the posts of Sub Inspector, Constable, Searcher, Asst Sub Inspector, Photographer, Laboratory Technician, Stenographer and Lower Division Clerk have different criteria with respect to age which can be inferred from the table below.

Age Relaxation

Besides the age criteria that is applicable to most of the categories, the Government of Goa also has a provision of age relaxation applicable to certain categories. The relaxation will be provided to the upper age limit of candidates under certain conditions. The relaxation may vary depending on your category. Read the complete details from the table provided below.

Eligibility for Sportspersons

The Goa Police Department has also included certain eligibility conditions for ‘Sportspersons’ who are involved in certain sports. The ‘sportspersons’ who are eligible for Goa Police recruitment are-

• Have represented a State or the Country in National or International competition in any of the Games/Sports listed below.
• Have represented their University in the Inter-University Tournaments conducted by the Inter-University Sports Board in any of these Games.
• Have represented the State School Teams in the National Sports/Games for School conducted by the All India School Games Federation in any of these Games/Sports.
• Have been awarded National Awards in Physical Efficiency under National Physical Efficiency Drive.

Eligibility for Person with Disability

• The person who will be suffering from at least 40% disability or above will be eligible to take benefit of disability norms in Goa Police recruitment.