Bhopal, Jan 29 (TOI): Engineers, law graduates and MBAs were among thousands of applicants who queued up for tests and interviews on Sunday for the job of peons in MP. As many as 2.81 lakh people have applied for 738 peon posts. The highest number of applicants — 70,000 — are from Gwalior.
Principal registrar (exam) A K Shrivastava said interviews began in MP on Sunday to fill these vacancies. Shrivastava said a committee of three judges formed by the district and sessions judge is conducting the interviews, which will go on till February 18. Asked if MBAs and law grads are among the applicants he said: "Since the applications were filled online, I am not aware of the educational degrees of the candidates but in the past, engineers and law graduates have appeared for the exam though the required qualification is just middle school pass (class 8)."