Archive · 15 Aug 2026
Telangana raises age limit for police, fire, forest jobs
In a place called Telangana in India, the government made a new rule about certain jobs.
Jobs like police officer, firefighter, and forest worker are called uniformed services.
Normally, people have to be under a certain age to start these jobs.
Earlier, the government already gave people five extra years of age to apply.
Now it is giving two more extra years on top of that.
This means more people can now try to get jobs that will be advertised soon.
The change happened because many young people who could not find work asked for this help.
The new rule was written in an official order called GO Ms No 122.
The order was signed on August 14, 2026, and covers jobs like police, fire, prisons and forest departments.
Telangana has raised the upper age limit for direct recruitment to police and other uniformed services by two additional years.
The General Administration Services-A Department issued GO Ms No 122 on August 14, 2026.
The new two-year relaxation comes on top of the five-year relaxation granted earlier.
The enhanced age limit applies to Police, Fire, Prisons, Special Protection Force, Excise, Transport and Forest departments.
The decision followed representations from unemployed youth seeking relaxation to become eligible for upcoming competitive recruitments.
- Who
- The Government of Telangana, through its General Administration Services-A Department
- What
- Raised the upper age limit by two years for direct recruitment to police and other uniformed service jobs
- When
- August 14, 2026, when GO Ms No 122 was issued
- Where
- Telangana, India (announced from Hyderabad)
- Why
- In response to representations from unemployed youth seeking age relaxation to become eligible for upcoming competitive recruitments
- State
- Telangana
- Order
- GO Ms No 122
- Issuing department
- General Administration Services-A Department
- Date of order
- August 14, 2026
- New relaxation
- Two additional years
- Previous relaxation
- Five years
- Departments covered
- Police, Fire, Prisons, Special Protection Force, Excise, Transport and Forest
- Legal basis
- Proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution