Over 5 lakh aspirants appeared for the preliminary check for six,100 Police Constable posts, carried out throughout the State on Sunday.

The A.P. Unemployed Joint Motion Committee demanded reducing of the cut-off marks in view of the big variety of aspirants towards restricted vacant posts and the troublesome query paper.

‘Launch job calendar’

In an announcement, JAC State president S. Hemanth Kumar demanded that the federal government instantly launch the job calendar and notifications for vacancies within the Fireplace Division, jail warden posts and DSC.

He mentioned because the query paper for Sunday’s preliminary examination was harder than the earlier time, the cut-off must be decreased by 10 marks.

He mentioned of the whole 200 marks, whereas the same old follow was to allot 75 marks for arithmetic alone, this time 30 marks have been allotted to English and 45 marks for arithmetic, reasoning and psychological skill.

Informing that the earlier time the cut-off for OC candidates was 80 marks, 70 marks for candidates belonging to the BC communities, and 60 marks for SC candidates, he mentioned not like within the neighbouring Telangana, the place girls candidates making use of for mahila constable posts have been made to run 800 metres within the bodily endurance check, in Andhra Pradesh, they have been made to run a distance of 1,600 metres.

Mr. Hemanth Kumar, who can be the MLC candidate from North Andhra Graduate’s constituency, mentioned youth within the State have been annoyed within the absence of job alternatives. The federal government ought to take efficient steps for fixing the rising unemployment downside, he added.