The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)’s Guwahati bench on Monday extended the interim stay order on the proposed recruitment of IPS officers from the Army and central paramilitary forces through the limited competitive examination till July 23.
The tribunal extended the period after the Centre, Union ministry of home affairs, ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions and other respondents pleaded for more time to file the counter-affidavit in the case.
Earlier, the tribunal had asked the respondents to file replies by June 18. The stay order had come after six officers of Assam police challenged the amendments of the Indian Police Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1954, made by the Centre for the recruitment of IPS officers through limited competitive examination to fill up vacancies of IPS officers across the country.
“The tribunal extended the interim order as the respondents failed to furnish the reply affidavit within the given time frame and sought more time. Some of the respondents said that they are yet to get the instructions and will need more time to react on the order,” said Rajib Borpujari, counsel of the petitioners.
The six police officers, who challenged the amendments, are Swapnaneel Deka, Amitava Sinha, Sanjib Das, Bedanta Rajkhowa, Devajyoti Mukherjee and Mantu Thakuria and are the officers of the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) or above in Assam Police.
The petitioners had challenged the amendments saying that the state governments can fill up the vacant posts of IPS officers if needed from the existing pool of qualified officers of the State Police Services.
“It’s a known fact that there are a lot of vacancies for officers in the Army. If the government wants to shift army officers to fill up IPS vacancies, then it’s again going to add to more vacancies in the Army thus creating another problem for the government. Moreover, military officers are specialized in their own areas and it’s quite different from normal policing,” said Amitava Sinha, a petitioner.
Sinha added that IPS officers have two categories and the new amendment is going to create a third category.
The tribunal also directed the Centre not to make any appointment without taking leave of the tribunal. In 2011, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had approved ground rules for the limited competitive examination to recruit IPS cadres from officers below 35 years, serving in armed forces, as well as central and state police forces.
-via The Times of India.
Many disgruntlled retired army officers who do not know the basic organisational structure / rules of IPS or for any other matter whatever it is, always talk of corrupted politicians , corrupted bureaucrats, corrupted criminals etc., only because they themselves are fed up with their lives. Have they forgotten that there are a very good number of very senior / highest level of Army/ other Navy/airforce officers who have been court marshalled or otherwise punished by criminal courts for corruption. In every department of the army e.g. ASC, MES-also with Army Corpse of Engineer officers, Ordnance, etc the officers have been taking commissions /cuts in all the works sanctioned right from the Independace of India and which is a normal practice by them even now. Why don’t they clean their own linnen first. If they want the serving army officers to be selected for IPS in the middle of their careers, then let the people of IPS, State Police & other services be permitted to join the regular Army/navy Airforce with seniority of service & rank, & pay. How can you allow them to join the, already few vacancies for promotion, police cadre? The army itself cannot fill up its own vacancies but they want to send already under strength army officers to other services. What a shame for the coordinators/ planners/ lobbyists for this scheme ??????????????
do not mix it up that job with army job and policing , both are different ,and good army man become more corrupted, and honesty may goes off from Rtd army officer’s . Like Lahore police chief is Lt col Tariq Husain .
It may good for some individuals but as a whole it may be great lose to Indian army .And this officer may become pray of of corrupted politicians , corrupted bureaucrats, corrupted criminals etc .
why to mingle them ???????????????
Is India is not having manpower ?other wise send this IPS officers in to Army camps for 3 years fitness training and insurgency operation etc .
The Army Officers – Serving / retired were hands in gloves with the corrupted politicians , corrupted bureaucrats, corrupted criminals etc. Examples: ADarsh Society, Sukna Land ——– Many many more cases are there.
THEN PULL OUT ARMY OFFICER FROM ASSAM RIFLES/RR & DEPUTATION TO HOME MINISTRY. LET POLICE HANDLE IT ,THEIR BASIC JOB.LET THEM HAVE CREAM & CURD TOO.
Let them pull out. For your information Assam Rifles is a regular army regiment, like Ladakh Scouts, Border Scouts, Etc. If required the Police can handle the force as they have the required training. There are many civil organisations at present where Army/Navy/ Airforce officers are posted as heads. In this way, the day is not far off when the Army/Navy/Airforce will be asked to be headed by IPS/ IAS/ AirLines Officers. Already the President is the Supreme Commander of the Defence Forces of India. So donot be under wrong impression. You want the Army officers to join the IPS to have CREAM & CURD, and also the Milk, and also to have the benefits of Ex-Servicemen. What a strange idea.????????
This is the change which was long awaited as without lateral entry to administrative services and the police /paramilitary vast experiences of the Armed forces officers and the PBORs are being wasted necessitating very high pensionery benefits for a very long spell as life expectancy of the retired armed forces personnel are comparatively higher.
Those who are resisting are the real culprits of the society. They are the real enemies within and being sponsored by the corrupt to the core bureaucrats and the police in the states.
This simple lateral entry will cause a chain effect and cleanse the Augean Stable. India against corruption and the Anna Team should have been the first to support this move of PC Chidambaram if their intention was right.
I whole heartedly support the move of the govt of the day and ask for more support to start the process and extended it for lateral entry to Administrative branch as well.
Jai Hind
Then let the Armed Forces Officers be recruited through the IAS & allied Services Examination. All the Services Selection Boards be abolished/ dismantled/ removed. That will save lot of Government money for the unnecessary establishments. When IPS & other Service officers cannot inter change, then how can they be allowed to enter an entirely new orgainastion ? Your thinking is pro army because you have been trained to do so. But every dog has its day which is a very famous old saying. The Constitution of India cannot be bye-passed by making of simple amendments to the rules of services. Living in Fools’ paradice is not a good indication.——–//////