With as many as 58,000 making use of for 131 posts of conductors with Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU), 450 candidates are competing for every put up. Similarly, 260 candidates are vying for every driver’s put up, with 12,000 set to look for the examination to fill 46 posts. The exams are scheduled on July 16.

While the examination for conductor’s posts shall be held at 99 centres, the one for the drivers will happen at 37 facilities within the metropolis.

To help the candidates, CTU will present to-and-fro shuttle bus companies from the ISBTs in Sectors 17 and 43, and Chandigarh railway station to the examination centres. All AC and non-AC buses ferrying the candidates will cost a flat fare of 20. Out of the 131 conductor posts, 61 are for normal class, 23 for these belonging to Scheduled Castes, 35 are reserved for Other Backward Classes and 12 are for these from Economically Weaker Sections (EWS).

Seven posts have been reserved for Ex-servicemen and Dependents of Servicemen (DSEM) classes. For drivers, there are 22 posts for the overall class and eight are reserved for Scheduled Caste. Other Backward Classes, EWS, Ex-servicemen and DSEM candidates have 12, 4, three and one reserved posts, respectively.