Rule 8
Necessary Qualification For Getting Appointed To The Armed police Service
(1) The following qualifications shall be required in order to be appointed to the following post of the Armed Police Service
to be fulfilled through open competition :-
(a) For the Armed Police Inspector:
(1) having completed the age of Twenty One years and not crossed the age of Twenty Four years on the day of publication of the advertisement,
(2) having obtained Bachelor degree or equivalent thereto from any recognized university,
(3) having obtained the Nepalese Citizenship Certificate,
(4) having at least Five feet Two inches height,
(5) chest having Thirty One inches in normal position and thirty three inches while getting inflated,
(6) eyes not having weaker than plus or minus two,
(7) having obtained fitness certification by a physician as prescribed by the Headquarters,
(8) having obtained good character certificate from the educational institution of own study and other Two serving gazetted officers of the Government of Nepal, except own relatives,
(9) having not been convicted by the court of law of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude,
(10) having not been involved in politics,
(11) having not obtained the membership of an organization with destructive objective,
(12) having not been dismissed from the service,
with being disqualified for the governmental service in the future generally.
(b) For Armed Police Sub-Inspector:
(1) having completed the age of eighteen years and not crossed the age of Twenty Two years as on the day of publication of the advertisement,
(2) having obtained certificate level degree or equivalent thereto from any recognized university,
(3) having obtained the qualifications as referred to in Clause (a) above.
(c) For Armed Police Personnel and Armed Police Peon or equivalent thereto:
(1) having completed the age of eighteen years and not crossed the age of Twenty Two years as on the day of publication of the advertisement for Armed Police personnel and having completed the age of Sixteen
years and not crossed the age of Twenty Five years as on the day of publication of the advertisement for the Armed Police Peon or equivalent thereto,
(2) having the qualification of reading and writing generally, in the case of Armed Police Personnel…………4 and Armed
Police Peon, (3) chest having Thirty inches in normal position and Thirty Two inches while getting
inflated,
(4) having obtained the qualifications as referred to in Clause (a) above.
4 Amended by the First Amendment.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-rule (1), a person working in the Armed Police Service may become the candidate for the posts of the Armed Police Service to be fulfilled through open competition until the attainment of the age of Thirty years.
(3) Educational qualification and other qualification for the technical post of the Armed Police Service shall be as prescribed by the Commission