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- The IPS Officers’ association’s Tamil Nadu chapter president and Director-General of Police K.P. Mahendran has written a strongly worded letter to the Home Secretary.
- In that he stated that the rules framed by Parliament as regards posting of cadre officers were being flouted, much to the disadvantage of “young direct IPS officers”.
- It is in the wake of the Tamil Nadu government’s policy of assigning non-IPS officers to cadre posts meant for IPS officers.
- Going by the established rules, the 76 cadre posts in the rank of Superintendent of Police / Deputy Commissioner of Police should be filled only by IPS officers, whereas the State had filled 54% of the posts with non-cadre officers.
- A non-IPS officer cannot continue for a period beyond three months unless the State government obtains prior approval from the Central government
- The Ministry of Home Affairs had issued a clear directive that the provisions under Rule (9) of The Indian Police Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954, was to ensure that “a non-cadre officer is not appointed to a cadre post if a suitable cadre officer is available.”
- Besides a SC order clearly mandating that only IPS officers should be assigned to cadre posts.
- There was also the judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which struck down the appointment of non-cadre officers to cadre posts.
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