DPC likely to meet on April 19
Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Apr 13: After being cancelled twice, the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) of Police Department has been fixed for April 19 to take up promotion of top brass in the Department, which have been pending for quite a long time.
Official sources said a notification has been issued for the third time in little over a month for meeting of the DPC on April 19.
The DPC comprised Chief Secretary Madhav Lal, Home Secretary B R Sharma and Director General of Police (DGP) Kuldeep Khoda.
The DPC was fixed twice in the previous month. However, both the times it had to be cancelled due to busy schedule of the bureaucrats.
The Police Headquarters has prepared a fresh proposal for the DPC. The PHQ has favoured promotion of entire batch of 1994 IPS officers from Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs) to Inspector Generals of Police (IGPs) and entire 1998 batch of IPS officers from Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) to DIGs.
However, it hasn’t yet sent any proposal for promotion of IGPs to Additional DGPs due to only one vacancy. There were four IPS officers of 1987 batch and the Government wanted to promote all of them simultaneously as ADGPs after creation of three more vacancies.
According to sources, there was only one vacancy of ADGP in CID. Four IPS officers of 1987 batch included VK Singh, who was on Central deputation in Singapore, SM Sahai, IGP Kashmir, Dilbagh Singh, IGP Jammu and Owais Ahmad IGP Personnel/Training Police Headquarters/Technical. First three of them were Regular Recruits (direct IPS officers) while Owais Ahmed was KPS conferred with IPS from 1987.
Two IPS officers of 1987 batch—Dr Ashok Gupta and Raja Aijaz Ali had retired on February 29 as Director Sher-i-Kashmir Police Academy (SKPA), Udhampur and IGP Crime.
VK Singh is scheduled to return to the State in June or July this year after completion of Central deputation.
Sources said the DPC would face a major problem in meeting the Police Headquarters proposal to promote11 DIGs of 1994 batch as IGPs as there were only four cadre and three ex-cadre posts available. While No. 1 DIG in seniority, due for promotion, SJM Gilani was on Central deputation with the Central Bureau of Investigations and could be given proforma promotion as he was yet to return to the State.
Still, there was requirement of 10 posts of IGPs to promote entire batch of 1994 officers.
Four cadre posts of IGPs, which were available for promotions included IGP Crime, J&K, IGP Security, Director SKPA Udhampur and IGP Technical Services J&K. While Raja Aijaz Ali and Dr Ashok Gupta had retired as IGP Crime and Director SKPA, Arun Choudhary and Ashok Gupta have earlier held the post of IGP Technical Services and IGP Security. Mr Choudhary was presently posted as IGP Police Headquarters.
The Government sanctioned the cadre posts. Three ex-cadre posts, which have been created by the Government included IGP Human Rights, IGP Law and Order and IGP North Kashmir Range Baramulla.
Gulzar Singh Slathia, IGP Armed had earlier held the post of IGP Human Rights while Pankaj Saxena had served as IGP NKR Baramulla.
Sources said three posts, which could be created by the DPC if it wanted to accommodate all 1994 batch officers as IGPs, have been identified as IGP/MD Police Housing Corporation, Director SSG and Director Civil Military Liaison. Amin Shah had earlier held the post of MD Police Housing Corporation while VK Singh and Raja Aijaz Ali had served as Director SSG as IGPs. MK Mohanty, RK Tickoo and Raja Aijaz Ali had earlier occupied the post of Director Civil Military Liaison.
However, it would depend on the DPC as to how many posts it opted to create for promotion of 1994 batch IPS officers.
The 1994 batch IPS officers, who were serving as DIGs, included SJM Gilani, who was on deputation to CBI, Abdul Ghani DIC Central Kashmir Range, Srinagar, Mohammad Suleman Salaria, DIG Vigilance, J&K, Sunil Sharma, DIG CID Jammu, Farooq Khan, DIG Jammu-Kathua range, Dr Kamal Saini, DIG IRP Jammu, PR Manhas, DIG Security J&K, Yogender Koul, DIG Crime, J&K, Alok Puri, DIG Administration, Munir Ahmed Khan, DIG North Kashmir Range, Baramulla and Abdul Qayoom Manhas, DIG Trainings, Armed Police Headquarters.
Rouf-ul-Hassan is only 1994 batch IPS officer, who has already been promoted as IGP and posted as IGP Armed/IR Kashmir.
Sources said there would be no major problem before the DPC to promote all seven IPS officer of 1998 batch, presently posted as SSPs, as DIGs. While a couple of vacancies of DIGs already existed, even if five DIGs were promoted as IGPs, all SSPs of 1998 batch would get through as DIGs.
The 1998 batch IPS officers included Rajinder Gupta, SSP CID (Special Branch) Jammu, Parminder Singh, SSP Special Security Group, J&K, Showkat Ahmad Malik, SSP CID (Special Branch) Kashmir, Ahfadul Mujtaba, SSP Vigilance, Jammu, Abdul Hamid, Commandant IRP Ist battalion, Mushtaq Mohammad Sadiq, Principal, Police Training College (PTC), Manigam and Shakeel Ahmad Beigh, SSP Udhampur.
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