Shillong, Oct 4: The state government has postponed the Physical Efficiency Test (PET) of Civil Defence & Home Guards Recruitment due to inclement weather.
Comingone Ymbon, Minister for Civil Defence & Home Guards inspected the
venue of the PET being conducted at Civil Defence & Home Guards Complex,
Mawdiangdiang, accompanied by MK Singh, IPS, 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 emergency 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) , before
arriving at the decision to postpone the tests in view of the inclement weather and the
weather forecast for the coming days.
The PET is 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) in Shillong and Tura.
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 from September 16 and concluded on September 26, the PMT and PET
commenced in Shillong at Civil Defence & Home Guards Complex, Mawdiangdiang from
September 30 and was scheduled to be concluded on October 8.
The PET in Shillong was held till October 3 and the government has decided to
postpone the test scheduled for October 4 ,5,7 and 8 until further notice.
The government has also decided that the candidates who had qualified in the PMT and
participated in the PET on 2nd and 3rd October will be provided an opportunity to
participate in the PET again in view of the inclement weather prevalent on these two days.
However, the marks scored in PET on these two days by such candidates who opt 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.
