At a glance
The facts most likely to change your decision.
- Vacancies
- Not announced WBPRB issued a notice on the revised vacancy position for this recruitment on 15 Mar 2024; the consolidated figure is in that notice on the Board's recruitment page rather than in the later stage notices.
- Education
- Graduate As prescribed in the original 2024 advertisement; WBPRB's stage notices reviewed here do not restate the qualification.
- Age
- As prescribed in the original 2024 advertisement; WBPRB's stage notices reviewed here do not restate age limits. Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
- Application fee
- See the original 2024 advertisement for the category-wise application fee; applications for this cycle closed in 2024. Use the official payment instructions only.
- Pay
- West Bengal Police Sub-Inspector pay as fixed by the state Home & Hill Affairs Department; not restated in the notices reviewed here. Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
- Recruitment cycle
- 2024-26 State · West Bengal
Vacancies & reservation
What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.
Category table not available here
Check the latest official notice for the post- and category-wise distribution.
How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.
Complete timeline
One record from notification to final outcome.
- completed
Notice for the preliminary examination
23 Sep 2025
- completed
Answer key of the preliminary examination
16 Oct 2025
- completed
Final answer key of the preliminary examination
30 Oct 2025
- completed
Preliminary examination result and tentative PMT/PET dates
7 Nov 2025
- completed
e-Admit card for the next stage
11 Nov 2025
- completed
Notice for the Final Combined Competitive Examination
6 Feb 2026
- current
Admit card for the Final Combined Competitive Examination
10 Feb 2026
Who can apply?
A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.
Basic eligibility paths
- Confirm education, age, domicile, physical standards and category-certificate requirements from the original 2024 advertisement linked on WBPRB's recruitment page.
- Candidates who updated their caste or category used the window WBPRB opened on 29 Oct 2025; that window has closed.
Relaxations & certificates
- SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
- Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
Selection process & syllabus
Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.
Selection stages
- 1Preliminary examination
- 2Physical Measurement Test and Physical Efficiency Test
- 3Final Combined Competitive Examination
- 4Personality Test and final result
Syllabus snapshot
- Use the official examination scheme and syllabus in WBPRB's 2024 advertisement for this recruitment.
Application document checklist
Prepare before the portal gets busy.
Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature
Government photo ID with the same name used in the application
Education certificates and marksheets
Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed
Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it
Official links & source record
Go straight to the recruiting body.
- Primary source
- WBPRB dated notice list for Recruitment to the post of Sub-Inspector (Unarmed & Armed Branch) in West Bengal Police – 2024
- Published / changed
- Latest notice dated 10 Feb 2026
- Last checked
- 4 Aug 2026, 19:50 IST
Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.