CBI Schedules Combined Recruitment Test for 25 Public Prosecutor Vacancies
The Central Bureau of Investigation will conduct its Combined Recruitment Test for twenty-five Public Prosecutor vacancies on January 11, 2026, with the examination scheduled to run from 10 am to 12 noon across multiple centres including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata, among others.
Public Prosecutors within CBI are responsible for representing the agency in court proceedings arising from its investigations, a function distinct from the agency's investigative wing, requiring recruitment of legally qualified personnel through a structured examination and selection process administered under the Department of Personnel and Training's recruitment framework for the agency.
CBI's prosecution wing has faced sustained demand given the agency's expanding case load across corruption, economic offence, and special crime investigations, with adequate prosecutorial staffing directly affecting the pace at which cases move through trial courts once chargesheets are filed, making recruitment drives of this scale significant for the agency's overall case disposal capacity.
The multi-city examination format, spanning centres including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata, reflects the geographically dispersed nature of CBI's operations, since the agency maintains branch offices and ongoing cases across multiple states, requiring prosecution staff to be recruited and eventually posted across a similarly wide geographic spread rather than being concentrated solely at the agency's Delhi headquarters.
Twenty-five vacancies represents a meaningful addition to CBI's existing prosecution staff strength, and successful candidates would typically undergo an onboarding and training period before being assigned to specific case loads or regional postings based on the agency's staffing requirements at the time of their induction.
The recruitment process is being conducted under the Department of Personnel and Training's oversight, following the standard examination and selection procedure applicable to CBI's specialised recruitment cadres.
The Central Bureau of Investigation operates its own specialised recruitment cadres separate from the broader central police and administrative recruitment channels, with legal cadre positions such as Public Prosecutor filled through dedicated combined recruitment tests administered under the Department of Personnel and Training's oversight rather than through the Union Public Service Commission's standard civil services examination route. Prosecutors recruited through this process are typically posted to CBI's special courts and regular trial courts handling the agency's cases, working in close coordination with the investigating officers who prepare chargesheets in corruption, economic offence, and other cases falling under the agency's jurisdiction.
CBI's case load has grown across categories including bank fraud, corporate financial irregularities, and corruption cases referred by state governments or constitutional authorities, a trend that has placed sustained pressure on the agency's existing prosecutorial strength relative to the pace at which new cases are registered. Recruitment drives at this scale are typically followed by a structured induction period, during which newly selected prosecutors undergo orientation on the agency's case management procedures before being assigned to specific courts or regional postings based on where staffing gaps are most pressing at the time.
