Belagavi: Bowing to demand from various quarters, the State Government has decided to postpone the re-exam for PSI (Police Sub-Inspector) recruitment by a month and accordingly the exam will be held only at Bengaluru centres on Jan.23, 2024.

The Government decided to conduct re-exam following a recent High Court order in the wake of recruitment scam last year.

Announcing the fresh date of re-exam on the first day of the winter session of the State Legislature at Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi on Monday, Home Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara said that  following the demand from candidates and Opposition parties, it has been decided to postpone the re-exam for recruitment of 545 PSIs by a month. Earlier, the re-exam was scheduled to take place on Dec.23, he noted.

Pointing out that all the candidates who were eligible to write the earlier exam, will be allowed for the re-exam, he  highlighted that this time, the written exam will be held only at Bengaluru centres as a security measure and there will be no centres in any other places of the State.

It may be mentioned here that the High Court had recently ordered re-exam after the papers were leaked in the recruitment exam held last year. An ADGP and a host of other Police officers were allegedly involved in the question paper leak, with the Congress, then in the Opposition, charging the then BJP Government in power of corruption and scam.