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GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA

No. HD/38/PPA/2020-PS_B

Karnataka Government Secretariat

Vidhana Soudha,

Bengaluru, Dated: 05.09.2020

NOTIFICATION

Whereas the draft of the Karnataka State Police Including Ministerial Services (Recruitment)

(Amendment) Rules, 2020 was published as required by clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 3

read with section 8 of the Karnataka State Civil Services Act, 1978, (Karnataka Act 14 of 1990) in

Notification No. HD/38/PPA/2020-PS_B, Bengaluru, dated: 16.06.2020 in Part IV-A, No. 207 of the

Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary dated: 17.06.2020, inviting objections or suggestions from all the

persons likely to be affected thereby within fifteen days from the date of its publication in the Official

Gazette.

Whereas, the said Gazette was made available to the public on 17.06.2020;

And whereas objections and suggestions received within the period specified above have

been examined.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 read with

section 8 of the Karnataka State Civil Services Act, 1978 (Karnataka Act No. 14 of 1990), the

Government of Karnataka, hereby makes the following rules, namely:-

RULES

1. Title and commencement.-(1) These rules may be called the Karnataka State Police Including

Ministerial Services (Recruitment) (Amendment) Rules, 2020

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(2) They shall come into force from the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of Schedule .-In the Karnataka State Police Including Ministerial Services

(Recruitment) rules, 2004 in the schedule for the entries relating to the category of posts of “Police

Constable (Civil) (Men and Women)” at serial No 14 the following shall be substituted, namely:-

SCHEDULE

Sl

No

Category of Post

& the Scale of

Pay

Number

of Posts

Method of Recruitment

Minimum Qualification

(1)

(2)

(3)

(5)

(6)

14

Police

Constable

(Civil)

(Men and Women)

(23,500-47,650)

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Direct Recruitment :

(A) Sixty seven and half

percent by direct recruit

ment of male candidates.

(B) Twenty two and half

percent

by

direct

recruitment

of

female

candidates.

(C) Ten percent by direct

recruitment of in-service

candidates from the cadre

of Police Constable CAR or

DAR or KSRP or KSISF.

Out of which:-

(i) Seven and half percent

by Direct Recruitment of

male candidates;

And

(ii) Two and half percent by

Direct

Recruitment

of

female candidates.

Method of Selection for

Direct Recruitment and

in

service

Direct

Recruitment:

(1)The Selection Authority

for each District other than

Commissionerates

shall

consist of the following:

(i) Superintendent of Police

of the District (in case of

Qualification:

Must have passed PUC or

and equivalent qualification.

Age Limit:

Notwithstanding

anything

contained in rule 6(2-A) of

the Karnataka Civil Services

(General Recruitment) Rules,

1977, the candidate as on

the last date for the receipt

of

application

for

appointment to the posts,

must have attained the age

of 19 years but not have

attained the age of :

1) 27 years in the case of

persons belonging to the

Scheduled

Castes,

the

Scheduled Tribes and other

Backward Classes.

2) 25 years in the case of

other candidates.

Provided that in the case of

the candidate who is an Ex-

Serviceman discharged from

service

by

reason

of

demobilization,

retrenchment or retirement,

age limit shall be relaxed by

the number of years of

military service rendered by

him.

Qualification

for

in-

service candidates:

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Railways,

Superintendent

of

Police,

Railways)

–

Chairman.

(ii)Two other officers not

below the rank of Deputy

Superintendent from within

the range nominated by

Director

General

and

Inspector General of Police

and in case of Railways two

other officers not below the

rank of Dy.S.P. nominated

by the DG & IGP –

Members.

(iii)Addl. Superintendent of

Police of the District (in

case the post of Addl.

Superintendent of Police

does not exist. Assistant

Administrative Officer) –

Member Secretary.

(2)

In

case

of

Commissionerate

of

Bangalore the Selection

Authority shall consist

of:

1. Additional Commissioner

of

Police

or

Joint

Commissioner

of

Police

nominated

by

Commissioner of Police –

Chairman.

2. Deputy Commissioner of

Police

nominated

by

Commissioner of Police –

Member.

3. Deputy Commissioner of

Police (Administration)–

Member Secretary

Conduct of recruitment,

processing

of

common

written examination and

application shall be done by

Inspector

General

or

Deputy Inspector General

of Police, as nominated by

(i) Must have passed PUC or

and equivalent qualification.

(ii) Must have put in a service

of not less than five years in

any of the cadres of Police

Constables

in

CAR/DAR/KSRP/KSISF of the

Karnataka State Police.

(iii) Must have completed

probation period and should

not

have

any

running

punishment at the time of

submitting of application.

(iv) Must not have attained

the age of:

(a) 33 years in the case of

the candidates belonging to

the Scheduled Castes, the

Scheduled Tribes and other

Backward Classes.

(b) 31 years in the case of

General Candidates.

However,

in-service

candidates will not have

any relaxation in Physical

Standard Test or Physical

endurance

Test

and

Medical Examination.

Physical Standard Test:

a) for Men and Ex-service

Men

Height – 168 cms

Chest

–

86

cms

(fully

expanded) with a minimum

expansion of 5 cms.

Provided that in case of non-

availability

of

sufficient

number of ex-servicemen

candidates

of

prescribed

height

only

then

ex-

servicemen candidates with

lesser

height

may

be

considered

during

final

selection.

(b) for Women

Height – 157 cms

Weight – 45 Kgs.

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Director

General &

Inspector General of Police

as

coordinator

Police

recruitment.

Method

of

Selection

Direct Recruitment and

in

Service

Direct

Recruitment

After getting prior approval

of the Director General and

Inspector General of Police

for the number of vacancies

to be filled, the Selection

Authority of the District

concerned, shall give wide

publicity by publishing the

Notification in the Official

Gazette

and

also

advertising in atleast two

leading Newspapers having

wide circulation and invite

application from all eligible

candidates in such forms as

may be specified by it for

the purpose of recruitment

under these rules. It shall

also give publicity through

All

India

Radio

and

Doordarshan in this regard.

The Selection Authority

shall on receipt of the

applications in response to

the Notification, prepare a

list of eligible candidates

and selection shall be made

in the following manner,

namely:

Written Examination:

There shall be a common

written test for all the

Districts

or

Commissionerates either in

Kannada

or

English

carrying 100 Marks. The

questions

shall

be

of

Objective

type

with

multiple choices. It shall

consist of questions on

General studies comprising

General

Knowledge

“Provided that in case of

Tribals staying in the Forest

areas of Karnataka, the

Physical Standard shall be as

follows:

a) for Men

Height – 155 cms

Chest – 75 cms

(fully

expanded

with

a

minimum expansion of 5

cms)

(b) for Women

Height – 150 cms

Explanation: For the purpose

of said rules, tribal means

“Candidates belonging

to

any of the tribal communities

of

Siddis,

Jenukuruba,

Kadukuruba, Yerava, Soliga,

Kudiya, Gowdlu, Hasalaru,

Malaikudiya and Koraga in

the

forests

of

Uttara

Kannada-Karwar, Dakshina

Kannada Mangalore, Udupi,

Chickmagalur,

Shimoga,

Kodagu,

Chamarajanagara

and Mysore”.

Physical Endurance Test:

(i) 1600 mtrs. run in not

more than 6 minutes 30

seconds for Men and 400

mtrs. run in not more than 2

minutes

for

women,

inservice candidates and ex-

servicemen

(ii) Long Jump or High

Jump:

Long Jump- not less than

3.80 mtrs. for men and not

less than 2.50 mtrs for

women, inservice candidates

and ex-servicemen.

High Jump – not less than

1.20 mtrs for men and not

less than 0.90 mtrs. for

women,

Inservice

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Science,

Geography,

History,

Indian

Constitution,

National

Freedom

Movement,

General Mental Ability and

Moral education. It shall be

of one hour and thirty

minutes duration.

There shall be negative

marking i.e. for each wrong

answer 0.25 marks shall be

deducted.

i. DIGP, Recruitment shall

prepare a merit list based

on only the percentage of

the marks obtained by the

candidate in the written

exam conducted by the

selection

authority.

However, No candidates

who secures less than

30% of the marks in the

written

examination

shall be included in the

merit list.

From the said merit list the

selection Authority shall

prepare a list of candidates

for Physical Standard Test

and Endurance Test in the

ratio of 1:5 for each post.

Provided

that

in

case

sufficient

number

of

candidates are not qualified

in the Physical Standard

Test

and

Physical

Endurance Test next 1:5

shall be called for Physical

Standard Test. In any case

the ratio shall not exceed

1:10.

ii) The Physical Standard

test and Endurance test

shall be conducted by a sub

committee consisting of the

concerned Chairman and

two

ACP

or

DCPs

nominated

by

the

candidates and ex-

servicemen.

Candidates

may

choose

either one or both the jumps

but they must atleast qualify

in either of the Jumps (in

maximum 3 chances).

(iii) Shot Put (7.26 Kgs.)

– not less than 5.60 mtrs. for

Men.

Shot Put (4 Kgs.) – not

less than 3.75 mtrs. for

women, inservice candidates

and

ex-servicemen

(in

maximum 3 chances)

Candidates

including

Ex-

servicemen have to qualify in

all the above three tests in

the Chronological order.

The

Medical

Examination shall consist

of the following:

(a) Vision:

Must have the following

standard of distant and near

vision

with

or

without

glasses.

Distant Vision:

Better eye Worst eye

6/9 6/9

6/9 6/12

Near vision:

Better eye Worst eye

0/6 0/8

Each eye must have full field

vision.

Colour

blindness,

squint

or

any

morbid

condition of the eyes or lids

or of either eye shall be

deemed

to

be

a

disqualification.

(b) Hearing:

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Committee in respect of

Bangalore

Commissionerate and the

concerned Chairman and

two ACP or DCP or SP or

DySP nominated by DG and

IGP

in

case

of

other

Commissionerate and in

districts.

iii) The Sub Committee on

receipt of merit list in the

ratio specified above shall

conduct

the

Physical

Standard

Test

and

Endurance Test.

The

names

of

the

candidates who are found

eligible in the Physical

Standard Test and Physical

Endurance Test shall be

included and published in

the provisional select list.

Medical Examination:

After publication of the

Provisional Select List, the

candidates included in the

Provisional select list shall

have to appear for Medical

Examination.

APPOINTMENT:

The Selection Authority,

after medical examination

by

the

Medical

Board,

prepare final list on the

basis of result of the

medical examinations equal

to No. of posts notified and

send such list to the

Appointing Authority and

publish the same. The

Appointing Authority after

satisfying itself on such

enquiry

as

may

be

considered necessary that

the

candidates

are

otherwise found suitable in

all respect for appointment

shall appoint against the

vacancies in the order in

1) Rinne’s Test

2) Webber’s Test

3) Tests for Vertigo

Any defect observed during

the tests mentioned above

shall be a disqualification.

(c) Varicose veins shall be

a disqualification.

(d) Impediment

in

speech

shall

be

a

disqualification.

(e) Chest X-Ray shall be

taken for examination

All the above tests shall

be conducted by the Medical

Board whose decision shall

be final. Only such of the

candidate who is certified as

physically fit in the medical

examination

shall

be

considered for Appointment.

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which their names appear

in the Final Selection List.

25%

Additional

Final

Selection List be prepared

and published along with

the

Final

Select

List.

Additional Final Selection

List would be operational

till all vacancies arranged

due to not reporting of

candidate from the main list

to duty are filled or next

notification whichever is

earlier. It cannot however

be

operated

for

the

vacancies

created

after

issuing

Appointment

Orders.

The final Selection List &

Additional list shall valid till

all vacancies notified are

filled

or

until

next

notification whichever is

earlier.

Training:

Selected candidates shall

undergo

training

as

specified by the DG and IGP

from time to time. Those

candidates who do not pass

the prescribed tests are

liable to be discharged.

Probation:

The candidates shall be on

probation for two years and

six months including the

training period.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Karnataka

(Pampanagouda Melseme)

Deputy Secretary to Government,

Department of Home (Police Services)

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