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Maharashtra recruits its constables unit by unit — each commissionerate, district, railway superintendent, State Reserve Police Force group and prison region advertises its own posts — on one portal under the Director General, with one set of rules and one candidate instruction booklet. The order of selection is what distinguishes the state: the physical test comes first and carries 50 marks that count, and the written test of 100 marks follows for one candidate in ten by physical merit. The merit is the two added, with five bonus marks for an NCC C certificate.
The 2024-25 cycle is the latest and is at appointment. Eighty-six unit advertisements of October 2025 offered about 15,400 posts — 12,702 police constables, 478 drivers, 1,652 SRPF armed constables, 554 prison constables and the bandsmen — with applications to 7 December 2025, physical tests from February 2026, written tests from March to May, and final lists and appointment orders through the summer. No 2026 cycle has been advertised; the units were asked in June to report the vacancies of 2026 and the first half of 2027.
Maharashtra Police · checked 19 September 2026
The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.
Checked 19 September 2026
2024-25 — 86 unit advertisements, about 15,400 posts; applications 29 October to 7 December 2025
Closed; physical and written tests held February to May 2026; appointment orders issued; no 2026 advertisement
Director General of Police; unit selection boards; MahaIT portal
Physical test 50 marks first; written test 100 marks for one in ten at 50 per cent physical; merit is the sum plus NCC bonus
Notification
Checked 11 September 2026. No police constable window is open, and no 2026 cycle has been advertised — the 2026 portal address does not exist, and the only 2026 document reported is an internal circular of 11 June asking the units to report constable vacancies for 2026 and the first half of 2027. The 2024-25 cycle is closing: physical tests ran from 10 February 2026, the written tests for police constables were planned for one day statewide in mid-March and were held on unit dates in March and April — Pune City on 22 March — with the prison constables in early May and SRPF Group 20 on 17 May; final selection lists followed within weeks, and Pune City issued appointment orders on 6 and 15 May, 2 July and 18 August 2026 with a correction order on 8 September. The 2019 driver recruitment’s petition in the Supreme Court is the only litigation the instructions mention.
| Event | Detail |
|---|---|
| Advertisements | 86 unit advertisements of late October 2025 — 45 police constable, 16 driver, 13 SRPF, 4 prison, and bandsman posts |
| Applications | 29 October 2025 6 pm to 7 December 2025 midnight, extended from 30 November; fee to 10 December |
| Posts | Police constable 12,702; driver 478; SRPF armed constable 1,652; prison constable 554; bandsman 19 standalone and 61 within constable vacancies |
| Physical tests | From 10 February 2026; SRPF Group 20’s ground tests to 7 May |
| Written tests | Police constable March and April 2026 by unit — Pune City 22 March; Pune bandsman 2 April; prison constable early May; SRPF Group 20 17 May |
| Lists and orders | Pune City final list 12 April 2026, 1,733 selected; appointment orders May to September |
| Unit | Posts |
|---|---|
| Commissioner of Police, Mumbai | 2,459 |
| Commissioner of Police, Pune City | 1,733, including 33 bandsmen |
| Commissioner of Police, Mira-Bhayandar | 840 |
| Commissioner of Police, Mumbai Railway | 743 |
| Superintendent of Police, Gadchiroli | 717 — district residents only |
| Commissioner of Police, Thane City | 654 |
| Commissioner of Police, Nagpur City | 595 |
| Commissioner of Police, Navi Mumbai | 445, including 6 bandsmen |
| Commissioner of Police, Pimpri-Chinchwad | 322 |
| SRPF Unit 20, Varangaon | 291 |
Police recruitment portal 2024-25 Unit advertisements Candidate instructions, 2024-25 Maharashtra Police Pune City Police — recruitment notices
Overview
The unit structure sets the numbers and the competition. Mumbai’s commissionerate advertised 2,459 constables, Pune City 1,733 including 33 bandsmen, Mira-Bhayandar 840, Mumbai Railway 743, Gadchiroli 717 for residents of that district alone, Thane City 654 and Nagpur City 595, down to Nagpur Railway’s 18; the SRPF groups from Unit 20 Varangaon’s 291 to Group 16 Kolhapur’s 31; the four prison regions 176, 130, 130 and 118. A candidate may apply for a given post in one unit only, and for up to five different posts on separate forms and fees. The vacancies were counted to 31 December 2025.
The rules are the Maharashtra Police Constables (Recruitment) Rules of 2011 as amended in June 2022, when rule 4 was rewritten to put the physical test first. Under it, candidates who meet the physical and educational standards take a physical fitness test of 50 marks — 1,600 metres for 20, 100 metres for 15 and shot put for 15 for men; 800 metres, 100 metres and shot put for women — and those with 50 per cent are called to a written test of 100 marks in the ratio of one to ten of the vacancies in each category, with everyone tied at the hundredth place included. The written test is multiple-choice in Marathi over 90 minutes, on arithmetic, general knowledge and current affairs, an intelligence test and Marathi grammar, with 40 per cent to qualify; the unit’s selection board then adds the two and applies the reservation steps of the home department’s resolution of 10 December 2020.
The police sub-inspector is recruited by the Public Service Commission through its Group B non-gazetted combined examination — a preliminary, a mains, a physical test at 60 per cent and an interview of 40 marks — and is covered on the MPSC Group B page. The commission also runs a limited departmental competitive examination for serving constables to become sub-inspectors, whose 2023 cycle published its recommendation list in 2026.
Eligibility
| Requirement | Rule |
|---|---|
| Qualification | HSC of the state board or an equivalent — NIOS senior secondary, CBSE class 12, a YCMOU preparatory year or degree, two-year vocational courses, a diploma in mechanical engineering. Ex-servicemen with fifteen years’ service: SSC or the Army certificate. Bandsman: SSC. Scheduled Tribe candidates and the children of police informers and police staff killed or injured in naxal-affected areas: seventh standard. |
| Age — police constable, bandsman, prison constable | 18 to 28 unreserved; 33 for SC, ST, VJ-A, NT-B, NT-C, NT-D, SBC, OBC, SEBC, EWS and orphans; 45 for project- and earthquake-affected; ex-servicemen service plus three years; part-time graduates 55; sportspersons five more; police wards and home guards 28 or 33; ex-servicemen’s dependants three more. |
| Age — driver | 19 minimum; otherwise as above. |
| Age — SRPF | 18 to 25 unreserved; 30 for reserved categories and orphans; the same relaxations from those bases. |
| One-time relaxation | Candidates of every category who crossed the upper age limit between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2025 were eligible for the 2024 and 2025 vacancies, under the home department’s amendment rules of October 2025 for the three cadres. |
| Domicile and language | A Maharashtra domicile certificate; Marathi-speaking residents of the 865 border villages with fifteen years’ residence. Knowledge of Marathi and Hindi; a candidate without either at SSC must pass the state board’s language test after selection. The written test is in Marathi. |
| Licences and certificates | Police constable: a light motor vehicle licence within two years of training, on a bond. Driver: a valid LMV or LMV-transport licence at application, heavy vehicle within five years, no drunk-driving conviction. All: a computer certificate within two years of appointment. NCC C certificate: five bonus marks. |
| Post | Unreserved | Backward classes |
|---|---|---|
| Police constable, driver, SRPF, bandsman, prison constable | ₹450 | ₹350 |
| Post | Men | Women | Transgender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Police constable, bandsman, prison constable | 165 cm; chest 79 cm unexpanded with 5 cm expansion | 155 cm; no chest | 155 cm if self-identified female or transgender, 165 cm if self-identified male; no chest |
| Driver | 165 cm; chest 79 cm with 5 cm expansion | 158 cm | 158 or 165 cm |
| SRPF armed constable | 168 cm; chest 79 cm with 5 cm expansion | Not recruited | — |
Relaxations: Scheduled Tribe candidates 5 cm in height under the amendment of October 2024; ST candidates and police informers’ children in naxal-affected areas 4 cm with no chest measurement; sportspersons 2.5 cm; wards of deceased or medically retired police staff and bandsmen 2.5 cm in height and 2 cm in chest with 1.5 cm expansion. No weight standard appears in the rules.
Selection process
Each stage in order, and what it actually tests.
| Stage | Format | What it involves |
|---|---|---|
| Unit advertisements and one application per post | MahaIT portal; ₹450, ₹350 for reserved categories | Each unit publishes its own advertisement with its vacancy table. A candidate applies for a post in one unit only and may apply for up to five different posts. The 2024-25 window ran from 29 October to 7 December 2025 with the fee to 10 December; payment online, by SBI challan or through a common service centre. |
| Physical standard and physical test | 50 marks; 100 for SRPF; counted | Height and chest at the ground, then the run, sprint and shot put. Fifty per cent of the physical marks to be called to the written test; the marks are added to the written marks in the final merit. The 2024-25 tests ran from February 2026 across the units. |
| Written test for one in ten | 100 marks, 90 minutes, Marathi, MCQ | Arithmetic, general knowledge and current affairs, intelligence test and Marathi grammar — with motor-vehicle rules for drivers. Forty per cent to qualify. Pune City examined 20,069 candidates for 1,733 posts on 22 March 2026 and published its key the same day. |
| Merit, verification and appointment | Physical plus written plus NCC bonus | The unit selection board’s final list by category and parallel reservation, then document verification, character verification and a medical examination before appointment. Pune City’s final list of 12 April 2026 was followed by appointment orders from May to September. |
Exam pattern
| Post | Event | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Police constable, bandsman, prison constable — men | 1,600 metres 20; 100 metres 15; shot put 15 | 50 |
| Police constable, bandsman, prison constable — women | 800 metres 20; 100 metres 15; shot put 15 | 50 |
| Driver — men | 1,600 metres 30; shot put 20 | 50 |
| Driver — women | 800 metres 30; shot put 20 | 50 |
| Driver — skill test | Light motor vehicle 25; jeep-type vehicle 25; 40 per cent to pass; not counted | 50 |
| SRPF — men | 5 kilometres 50; 100 metres 25; shot put 25 | 100 |
| Feature | Rule |
|---|---|
| Who sits | One candidate in ten of the vacancies in each category by physical merit, with all those tied at the hundredth place |
| Paper | 100 marks, multiple choice, in Marathi, 90 minutes |
| Subjects | Arithmetic; general knowledge and current affairs; intelligence test; Marathi grammar — plus motor-vehicle driving and transport rules for drivers |
| Qualifying | 40 per cent; below that the candidate is ineligible |
| Negative marking | No clause in the rules or the instructions |
| Merit | Physical plus written, plus five for an NCC C certificate, by category and parallel reservation under the resolution of 10 December 2020 |
Unlike most states, Maharashtra adds the physical test to the merit: a constable is selected on 150 marks, 50 of them on the ground, plus the NCC bonus. Pune City’s final list of April 2026 states the formula — physical test, written test and the NCC bonus combined by merit. Accounts that describe the physical test as qualifying only are wrong for this state. The rules do not publish the time and distance that earn each mark; the units apply the Director General’s marking table on the day.
Sources
Checked 11 September 2026 against the 2024-25 candidate instructions on the recruitment portal, the eighty-six unit advertisements downloaded from it, the Constables Recruitment Rules of 2011 and their amendments of 2022, 2024 and 2025 in the Maharashtra Gazette as hosted on the portal, the portal’s hall-ticket and result notices, and Pune City Police’s recruitment notices and final list. The statewide total is the sum of the unit advertisements; no official state total was published, and the widely reported 15,631 differs from it by about 230. The Maharashtra Police site itself refused connections at the date checked.
Candidate instructions, 2024-25 — all posts Unit advertisements Police Constables Recruitment Rules 2011 Bandsman vacancy summary Hall tickets and cut-off notice Bhandara — one-in-ten list for the written test, 26 February 2026 SRPF Group 20 — written test result, 19 May 2026 Pune City — final selection list, 12 April 2026 Pune City — model answer key, 22 March 2026 Portal FAQ
Exam resources
Six resource pages, each kept in step with the latest official notification.
Questions
No. No 2026 constable recruitment has been advertised as at 11 September 2026, and no 2026 portal exists. The 2024-25 cycle — about 15,400 posts across 86 unit advertisements, applications to 7 December 2025 — has been examined and is at appointment orders. The only 2026 document reported is an internal circular of June asking the units to report their vacancies for 2026 and the first half of 2027.
The physical test comes first — 50 marks: 1,600 metres for 20, 100 metres for 15 and shot put for 15 for men; 800 metres, 100 metres and shot put for women — and candidates with 50 per cent are called to a written test of 100 marks in the ratio of one to ten of the vacancies in each category. The written test is multiple-choice in Marathi over 90 minutes on arithmetic, general knowledge and current affairs, intelligence and Marathi grammar, with 40 per cent to qualify. The merit is the two added, plus five marks for an NCC C certificate.
Yes. Under rule 4 as amended in 2022, the final merit list is prepared after amalgamating the marks of the physical test and the written test — 50 and 100 — and Pune City’s final list of April 2026 states that formula. The physical test is both a gate at 50 per cent and a third of the score.
Police constable, bandsman and prison constable: men 165 cm with a 79 cm chest expanding by 5 cm, women 155 cm with no chest requirement. Driver: women 158 cm. SRPF armed constable, men only: 168 cm. Scheduled Tribe candidates get 5 cm, sportspersons and police wards 2.5 cm. There is no weight standard.
Eighteen to 28 for the unreserved and 33 for reserved categories and orphans for police constable, bandsman and prison constable; 19 minimum for driver; 18 to 25 and 30 for SRPF. Ex-servicemen get their service plus three years, sportspersons five more, and project-affected candidates 45. For the 2024-25 cycle a one-time amendment made candidates who crossed the limit between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2025 eligible.
₹450 for unreserved candidates and ₹350 for backward classes, for each post applied for — police constable, driver, SRPF, bandsman and prison constable alike — paid online, by SBI challan or through a common service centre, and not refunded. A candidate may apply for up to five posts on separate forms.
No negative marking clause appears in the recruitment rules as amended in 2022 or in the 2024-25 candidate instructions, and the unit key notices say nothing of one. The test is 100 marks in 90 minutes with 40 per cent to qualify.
The Maharashtra Public Service Commission, through its Group B non-gazetted combined examination — a 100-mark preliminary, a 400-mark mains, a physical test of 100 marks qualifying at 60 per cent, and an interview of 40. The 2026 advertisement offered 310 sub-inspector posts. Serving constables can also reach the post through the commission’s limited departmental competitive examination.
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