Archive · 2 Oct 2026
Allahabad High Court Stays UP Police SI Appointment Letters
The Uttar Pradesh government selected people for police sub-inspector jobs.
However, the Allahabad High Court has temporarily stopped their appointment letters from being issued.
Some candidates say that exam questions or answers were changed unfairly during evaluation.
They also say their complaints were not properly considered.
The court is reviewing these complaints.
The selected candidates had already passed through the written examination and physical efficiency test.
The court has not yet decided whether the complaints are correct.
It will hear the matter again on October 5, 2026.
The Allahabad High Court stayed appointment letters for 4,543 selected Uttar Pradesh police sub-inspector candidates.
Petitions challenge changes to examination questions and the recruitment board’s evaluation process.
Petitioners allege that their objections were not properly considered by the recruitment board.
The written examination was held on March 14 and 15, 2026, and the final result was published on July 17.
The next hearing is scheduled for October 5, 2026; the stay does not decide the allegations finally.
- Who
- The Allahabad High Court, petitioners including Shyam Sundar, Kamlesh Yadav, Yash Pandey and others, selected candidates, and the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board.
- What
- The court stayed the issuance of appointment letters for 4,543 selected police sub-inspector candidates.
- When
- The written examination took place on March 14 and 15, 2026; the final result was published on July 17, 2026; the next hearing is October 5, 2026.
- Where
- The matter is before the Allahabad High Court and concerns recruitment in Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- Petitioners challenged changes to examination questions and the evaluation process, alleging their objections were not properly considered.
Petitioners’ Claims
Recruitment Process Pending Review
Evaluation of disputed questions
Petitioners’ Claims
The petitioners allege that changes were made to certain examination questions during evaluation and that their objections were not properly considered.
Recruitment Process Pending Review
The article does not report a substantive response from the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board; the court has temporarily paused appointments while considering the petitions.
Effect of the court order
Petitioners’ Claims
The petitioners sought High Court intervention in the recruitment process.
Recruitment Process Pending Review
The stay temporarily prevents appointment letters from being issued but does not finally determine whether the allegations are valid.
- Posts involved
- 4,543 Sub-Inspector posts in the Civil Police and equivalent positions
- Applications received
- 15,75,706 applications
- Written-examination attendance
- Around 10.77 lakh candidates appeared
- Exam dates
- March 14 and 15, 2026, in two shifts each day
- Written-result date
- May 7, 2026
- Final-selection result
- July 17, 2026
- Next hearing
- October 5, 2026