Inclement weather forces postponement of Physical Efficiency Test for Civil Defence & Home Guards recruitment

Shillong, Oct 4: The Physical Efficiency Test (PET) of the ongoing recruitment in Civil Defence & Home Guards Department in Shillong has been postponed due to inclement weather, Minister for Civil Defence & Home Guards Comingone Ymbon said on Friday.

Ymbon had inspected the venue of the PET being conducted at Civil Defence & Home Guards Complex, Mawdiangdiang, Shillong. He was accompanied by MK Singh, Commandant General of Home Guards and Civil Defence, Vijay Kumar Mantri, Commissioner & Secretary, CDHG, and Senior Officers of the Civil Defence and Home Guards Department.

The minister convened an emergent meeting with Central Recruitment Board of the Department after the inspection and also met the candidates scheduled to participate in the Physical Measurement Test (PMT) and Physical Efficiency Test (PET) on Friday, before arriving at the decision to postpone the tests in view of the inclement weather and the weather forecast for the coming days.

Ymbon informed that the PET being conducted for a total of 445 vacant posts consisting of 4 posts of Sub-Inspector, 284 posts of Guardsman, 17 posts of Driver and 140 posts of Non-Combatant Employees (NCE) was held in two Centers of the State, i.e. Tura and Shillong.

The total number of provisionally accepted candidates for all the 4 posts viz. Sub-Inspector, Guardsman, Driver and Non-Combatant Employee (NCE) in the State is 22474.

While the Physical Measurement Test (PMT) and Physical Efficiency Test (Test) started in Tura w.e.f. 16 September 2024 and concluded on 26th September 2024, the PMT and PET commenced in Shillong at Civil Defence & Home Guards Complex, Mawdiangdiang from 30th September 2024 and was scheduled to be concluded on the 8th October 2024.

The PET in Shillong was held till 3rd October 2024 and the government has decided to postponed the test scheduled for 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th of October, 2024 until further notice due to the inclement weather and the weather warning.

“The Government has also decided that the candidates who had qualified in the PMT and participated in the PET on 2nd and 3rd October 2024 will be provided an opportunity to participate in the PET again in view of the inclement weather prevalent on these two days,” he said.

“However, the marks scored in PET on these two days by such candidates who opts to participate in the PET again, will be declared null and void. The Board will consider only the marks scored in PET conducted in a fresh date for the purpose of selection,” Ymbon added.

According to him, the total number of provisionally accepted candidates for all the 4 posts viz Sub-Inspector, Guardsman, Driver and Non-Combatant Employee (NCE) in the State is 22474.

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