IPS officer questions allocation of cadre posts to non-cadre officials
‘Rules flouted for unknown reasons’
Senior IPS officer S.R. Jangid has yet again flagged the issue of IPS officers being given non-cadre posts, which are apparently insignificant, while cadre posts are being allocated to non-cadre (promotee) officers.
Police sources said Mr. Jangid had written to the State police chief, Director General of Police T.K. Rajendran, seeking the convening of a special meeting of the Police Establishment Board within 15 days to set right the anomalies and send his recommendations to the government.
Last month, Mr. Jangid, a 1985-batch IPS officer, now serving as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Metropolitan Transport Corporation in the rank of DGP, had written to Chief Secretary Girija Vaidyanathan, expressing concern about non-cadre officers (who are not regular IPS recruits) occupying cadre posts in the rank of Superintendent of Police or Deputy Commissioner of Police, bypassing the direct IPS recruits. He had requested the government to curb the “impermissible practice” of posting non-cadre officers in cadre posts when cadre officers were available.
In his latest letter to the DGP, Mr. Jangid is learnt to have pointed out that as on date, 30 cadre officers — 18 promoted from the Tamil Nadu Police Service and 12 regular-recruit IPS officers — are holding non-cadre posts, while 36 non-cadre officers are occupying cadre posts, contrary to the provisions of the IPS (Cadre) Rules, 1954.
“All District Collectors in the State are IAS cadre officers and all District Forest Officers are IFS cadre officers. However, in respect of the Indian Police Service, the above rules are flouted for unknown reason(s),” Mr. Jangid said.
Citing the Supreme Court’s judgment in Prakash Singh’s case in 2006 and provisions of the Tamil Nadu Police (Reforms) Act, 2013, Mr. Jangid said there should be a Police Establishment Board, headed by the DGP and four senior ADGPs, to decide on transfers and postings of IPS officers.
He also made an application under the Right to Information Act to the Public Information Officer of the DGP for a copy of the recommendations for transfers and postings of IPS officers sent to the government by Mr. Rajendran as chairman of the Police Establishment Board in the last two years.
Mr. Jangid requested Mr. Rajendran to convene a special meeting of the Police Establishment Board within 15 days to set right the anomalies and send recommendations to the government in accordance with the mandatory Rule 8 and 9 of the IPS (Cadre) Rules, 1954, failing which he “would be constrained to seek legal redressal from appropriate court of law”.
