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Graduates, post graduates and even Ph.d holders were among the 23 lakh applicants who have applied for posts of peon in Uttar Pradesh government secretariat.
While more than 1.5 lakh graduates have applied for the job, the number of post graduates is 24,969. This is a record as the UP government, which advertised for 368 posts of peon in secretariat, got 23 lakh responses. The minimum qualification for the post of peon is that the applicant should be a class five pass out and know how to ride a bicycle.
Of the total 368 posts, 268 are for general category and the rest are for SC, ST and other reserved categories in the age group of 18 to 40 years. A senior secretariat administration official said in Lucknow that they were surprised to find that 255 doctorates have applied for the job.
The officer said that initially it was decided to hold recruitment through interview. He, however, said that now it is planned to hold written examination as well, because screening of such a large number of candidates would be an uphill task and take time.