State to appoint 1,700 constables, 300 officers at jails

The state cabinet recently cleared a proposal to hire 1,700 constables and 300 officers, including technical staff, at the jails where there has been no recruitment since 2006.ge..

The posts of superintendents, senior superintendents and deputy IG will be filled by promotions while recruitment of jailors and deputy superintendents will be done by Maharashhtra Public Service Commission..

There was also a proposal to get Indian Police Service officers to work as senior superintendent, but none of them showed any interest, officials said..

At present, the prison department has 5,100 employees and there is a shortage of 400 constables, a senior official said..

Amitabh Gupta, additional director general of police (prison), said, The home department has got a sanction from the state cabinet, and we are awaiting a government resolution in this regard..

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