Thousands of engineers, law graduates and MBAs have applied and queued up for the interview for the post of peons on January 28.

Here's what the principal registrar of the exam told TOI:

"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)," A K Shrivastava said.

Number of applicants and the posts:

Applicants: 2.81 lakh from which 70,000 are from Gwalior

2.81 lakh from which 70,000 are from Gwalior Number of posts: 738

Judges for the interviews:

A committee of three judges formed by the district and sessions judge is conducting the interviews.

High Court Recruitment 2017-18:

The MP High Court has recruited the vacant multitasking staff posts

The last date for applying to these posts lying vacant in 738 was December 31, 2017

The interview for the same will go on till February 18

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