History

Since 1978, In Bihar Police, cadre of Constable has been a district cadre and recruitment of constables for District Police and Bihar Military Police (now Bihar Special Armed Police) was being done by the Regional Boards. These boards were headed by an officer of the rank of Superintendent of Police, nominated by the Director General of Police, Bihar. Bihar Government vide Home Department (Police Branch) notification number 6843/03 dated 11.08.2008 amended the Bihar Police Manual, 1978 and Central Selection Board of Constable (popularly known as CSBC) was constituted for recruitment of constables and equivalent ranks in Bihar Police and other uniformed services of State. The district cadre of Constable was converted into centralised cadre whose roster is to be maintained by the Police Headquarter and approved by the Home department. Shri Sunit Kumar, IPS was the first Chairperson of the Board. Since then, following officers have been posted as Chairperson of the Board:
Past & present chairpersons
Sl.No. | Name | Since When | Till When |
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1 | Sri Sunit Kumar, IPS | 13 August, 2008 | 30 November, 2015 |
2 | Sri Krishna Swaroop Dwivedi, IPS (officiating) | 07 December, 2015 | 31 March, 2016 |
3 | Sri Krishna Swaroop Dwivedi, IPS | 01 April, 2016 | 12 March, 2018 |
4 | Sri Jitendra Kumar, IPS | 12 March, 2018 | 10 July, 2019 |
5 | Sri Brighu Srinivasan, IPS | 10 July, 2019 | 22 July, 2019 |
6 | Sri Krishna Swaroop Dwivedi | 22 June, 2019 | 20 January, 2023 |
7 | Sri Sanjeev Kumar Singhal | 21 January, 2023 | 27 December, 2023 |
8 | Smt. Shobha Ohatkar, IPS | 28 December, 2023 | 07 March, 2024 |
9 | Sri Jitendra Kumar, IPS | 11 March, 2024 | Till Now |
Recruitment Completed by Board
Since formation of the Board, 29 Advertisements have been published by the Board for recruitment of vacancies in various departments/ posts, the details of which are as follows:
Sl.No. | Advertisement Number | Post Name | Finacial Year of Selection | Number of Posts | Number of Finally Recommended Candidates | Total Recommended | ||
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Men | Women | Trans | ||||||
1 | 01/2009 | Constable(Bihar Police) | 2010-2011 | 2627 | 1943 | 186 | 0 | 2129 |
2 | 02/2009 | Constable(Bihar Police) | 2010-2011 | 10110 | 9245 | 853 | 0 | 10098 |
3 | 01/2012 | Constable(Bihar Police) | 2013-2014 | 7606 | 7079 | 490 | 0 | 7569 |
4 | 02/2012 | Agnik (Bihar Fire Police) | 2014-2015 | 953 | 921 | 30 | 0 | 951 |
5 | Advertisement published by Jail Deptt. (2013) | Paridhapaka (Home (Prisons) Department) | 2013-2014 | 88 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 87 |
6 | 01/2014 | Constable(Bihar Police) | 2015-2016 | 11783 | 7352 | 4112 | 0 | 11464 |
7 | 01/2015 | Prohibition Constable (NI.30 and Prohibition Department) | 2016-2017 | 831 | 517 | 210 | 0 | 727 |
8 | 02/2015 | Ladies Constable (ST) | 2018-2019 | 675 | 0 | 223 | 0 | 223 |
9 | 03/2015 | Paridhapaka (Home (Prisons) Department) | 2016-2017 | 2649 | 1332 | 858 | 0 | 2190 |
10 | 04/2015 | Assistant Jail Superintendent (Home (Prisons) Department) | 2017-2018 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
11 | 05/2015 | Paridhapaka (Home (Prisons) Department) | 2019-2020 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
12 | 01/2016 | Driver Constable | 2017-2018 | 1577 | 1497 | 29 | 0 | 1526 |
13 | 01/2017 | Constable(Bihar Police) | 2018-2019 | 9900 | 3196 | 6643 | 0 | 9839 |
14 | 01/2018 | Driver Constable | 2018-2019 | 1669 | 1558 | 12 | 0 | 1570 |
15 | 01/2019 | Forest Guard | 2019-2020 | 902 | 594 | 285 | 0 | 879 |
16 | 02/2019 | Constable(Bihar Police) | 2021-2022 | 11880 | 6736 | 5102 | 0 | 11838 |
17 | 03/2019 | Driver Constable (Home Guard) | 2021-2022 | 98 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 70 |
18 | 04/2019 | Mobile Squad Constable (Transport Department) | 2020-2021 | 496 | 430 | 35 | 0 | 465 |
19 | 05/2019 | Driver Constable (Bihar Police) | 2021-2022 | 1722 | 1625 | 14 | 0 | 1639 |
20 | 01/2020 | Ladies Constable (ST) | 2020-2021 | 454 | 0 | 454 | 0 | 454 |
21 | 02/2020 | Constable (Home Guard) | 2022-2023 | 551 | 211 | 93 | 0 | 304 |
22 | 03/2020 | Forest Guard | 2022/2023 | 484 | 374 | 98 | 0 | 472 |
23 | 04/2020 | Forester | 2022-2023 | 236 | 158 | 74 | 0 | 232 |
24 | 05/2020 | Constable(Bihar Police) | 2022-2023 | 8415 | 5220 | 3026 | 0 | 8246 |
25 | 01/2021 | Agnik (Bihar Fire Police) | 2022-2023 | 2380 | 1500 | 880 | 0 | 2380 |
26 | 02/2021 | Prohibition Constable (Registration, Excise & Prohibition Department) | 2022-2023 | 365 | 274 | 89 | 0 | 363 |
27 | 01/2022 | Prohibition Constable (Registration, Excise & Prohibition Department) | 2022-2023 | 76 | 55 | 21 | 0 | 76 |
28 | 02/2022 | Prohibition Constable (Registration, Excise & Prohibition Department) | 2022-2023 | 689 | 395 | 269 | 1 | 665 |
29 | 01/2023 | Constable(Bihar Police) | 2023-2024 | 21391 | 10179 | 11174 | 8 | 21361 |
30 | 01/2025 | Constable(Bihar Police) | 2025-2026 | 19838 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 120476 | 62562 | 35273 | 9 | 97844 |
So far, the Board has selected candidates for 97,844 posts and recommendations have been sent for the same to the concerned requisitioning/ appointing authorities. The Central Selection Board of Constable (CSBC) is committed to perform its duty of selection for the uniformed services with integrity and in transparent & malpractice-free manner. (Updated as on 01.01.2025)