Archive · 4 Oct 2026
Late Call Letter Costs Adilabad Graduate Recruitment Exam
Jadhav Praveen wanted to take a job exam run by NMDC Steel Limited.
The exam was in Hyderabad on October 1.
His call letter was dated September 16, but he says it reached him on October 2.
That meant he could not take the exam.
Postal officials said the letter reached their office on October 1.
They said they tried to deliver it, but Praveen was not home then.
Praveen was upset because he lost an important chance.
The accounts differ about when the letter arrived and what happened during delivery.
Jadhav Praveen missed an NMDC Steel Limited recruitment examination in Hyderabad.
His call letter was dated September 16, and the exam was scheduled for October 1.
Praveen said the letter reached him on October 2, after the examination.
Postal officials said the letter arrived at their office on October 1 and that Praveen was unavailable during a delivery visit.
Praveen said the late delivery cost him an important career opportunity.
- Who
- Jadhav Praveen, a Civil Engineering graduate from IIIT Basar, and postal officials.
- What
- Praveen missed an NMDC Steel Limited recruitment examination after his call letter arrived after the exam.
- When
- The examination was scheduled for October 1; Praveen said the letter was delivered on October 2.
- Where
- The examination centre was in Hyderabad; Praveen is from Downelly Thanda in Adilabad district.
- Why
- The call letter did not reach Praveen before the examination; postal officials said he was unavailable during their delivery visit.
Praveen's account
Postal officials' account
Delivery timing and attempt
Praveen's account
Praveen said the letter was dispatched on September 16 but reached him only on October 2, too late for the October 1 examination.
Postal officials' account
Postal officials said the letter reached their office on October 1, that they visited his residence, and that he was unavailable then; they delivered it on October 2.
- Candidate
- Jadhav Praveen
- Recruiting organization
- NMDC Steel Limited
- Examination date
- October 1
- Call letter date
- September 16
- Reported delivery date
- October 2, according to Praveen
- Postal officials' account
- They said the letter reached their office on October 1 and Praveen was unavailable during a delivery visit.
- Examination centre
- Hyderabad