THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The number of candidates shortlisted for the latest rank list has been cut down, without appointing even the top ranker from the six-month-old SI rank list.
There are only 764 people on the new shortlist with five categories. Only one-sixth of the candidates in the last list. There were 4552 people in the last shortlist. The number of candidates will be further reduced after the physical tests. Only candidates who clear the physical tests will appear for the interview. The rank list will be published after including the interview marks. With this, this will become the rank list with the least number of candidates.
More than 43,000 people who cleared the preliminary exam in five categories like Civil Police and Armed Police SI had appeared for the main exam this time. The candidates who passed this were shortlisted.
There are 533 people in the short list of civil police open category. There were 2785 candidates in the last shortlist for the same category. There are 115 people shortlisted this time in Armed Battalion Open category. There were 1468 candidates in the last shortlist for the same category.