Nagaland Police to recruit 1137 Constables

Dimapur, October 14 (MExN): The Nagaland Police has invited applications from eligible male and female candidates belonging to indigenous Naga tribe of Nagaland for recruitment to 1137 posts of Constable (General Duty) through open rally. According to an advertisement issued by the Office of the Director General of Police, Nagaland, the recruitment will be conducted by a Departmental Recruitment Board (DRB) duly constituted and authorised District Level Screening Committees (DLSC) simultaneously across all district headquarters.

“Non-Indigenous Tribes applicants shall not be eligible,” the notification stated. The vacancies comprise 1053 posts being filled in compliance with judgments and orders of the Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench, dated September 20, 2024, in Case No. W.P(C) 189-199/2022, and dated September 26, 2024, in Case No.

W.P(C) 318/2022, along with 84 backlog vacancies of Constables (GD) arising from the preceding Recruitment-2025. The 1053 posts carry a pay scale of Level-3 with Grade Pay of Rs 1800 in the pay band of Rs 5200-20,200. Post allotment will be done as per tribal ratio based on the 2011 Census, as was followed in the preceding recruitment.

The 84 backlog posts, also in the same pay scale, are applicable only for those tribes and districts whose vacancies could not be filled in the recruitment advertised vide notification dated September 30, 2025. Under the backlog category, Mokokchung district has 47 vacancies for the Ao tribe and one for Phom, while Dimapur, Chümoukedima and Niuland has eight for Ao, nine for Sumi, four for Chakhesang (three male, one female), one each for Chang, Khiamniungan and Rengma, two for Phom, and three each for Sangtam (three male, one female) and Zeliang.

Tseminyu district has three vacancies for the Rengma tribe. The Phom backlog vacancy is reserved only for members of the Phom tribe belonging to Anaki (Old) and Anaki 'C' villages under Mokokchung district, it stated. The online application window will open on October 31, 2026, and close on November 30, 2026.