Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao stated that the upper age limit for direct recruitment would be relaxed by 10 years, to enable more unemployed to become eligible to compete in the proposed recruitment.
Except for uniformed services like police, the upper age limit for all other posts will be 44 years for OC, 49 years for SC, ST, BC, 54 years for Physically handicapped, and 47 years for ex-Servicemen.
CM Chandrashekhar Rao explained that since the State formation, the State government has notified 1,56,254 posts for recruitment, out of which 1,33,942 posts have been filled up.
The remaining 22,312 posts are under the recruitment process. “Further, the Telangana government, as a policy, has decided that henceforth there will not be any more contractual appointments,” he declared amidst cheers from the legislators.
As a policy decision, the State government will determine in advance and notify the direct recruitment vacancies that would be filled every year.
Accordingly, instructions have been issued by the Chief Secretary to all the Secretaries and Heads of Departments to regularly update the vacancy position in their respective departments.
