NEW DELHI: In a landmark order, Supreme Court has directed that the deputation of IPS officers up to the inspector general rank in CAPFs should be "progressively reduced" over two years to give more opportunities to cadre officers .
Pronouncing the order on May 23, a bench of Justice Abhay S Oka (since retired) and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan observed that delayed promotions of cadre officers in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) can "adversely" impact morale.
The much-delayed cadre review of these CAPFs, stayed by the top court in 2020, should be carried out in six months, the bench also said, while disposing of multiple grievance petitions filed by officers of these organisations.
The petitioners, initially about 18,000 officers of these forces, filed applications beginning in 2009, seeking a cadre review by MHA by treating each one of them as Organised Group A Service (OGAS), so their issues related to delay in timely promotions leading to stagnation across various ranks for years altogether can be resolved.
SC said it was "abundantly clear" CAPFs have been treated as OGAS for cadre issues and other related matters. When CAPFs have been declared OGAS, all benefits available to OGAS should naturally flow to CAPFs, SC said, adding it cannot be that they are granted one benefit and denied the other.
According to the petitioners, because IPS officers were occupying posts up to the senior administrative grade (IG rank), their promotional prospects were being "hampered" leading to stagnation in the service hierarchy, the order noted.
The officers have a grievance that because of lateral entry into higher grades of CAPFs, they are unable to get their timely promotion, SC also said.
MHA had argued that IPS officers were an "important" part of the hierarchy.
Pronouncing the order on May 23, a bench of Justice Abhay S Oka (since retired) and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan observed that delayed promotions of cadre officers in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) can "adversely" impact morale.
The much-delayed cadre review of these CAPFs, stayed by the top court in 2020, should be carried out in six months, the bench also said, while disposing of multiple grievance petitions filed by officers of these organisations.
The petitioners, initially about 18,000 officers of these forces, filed applications beginning in 2009, seeking a cadre review by MHA by treating each one of them as Organised Group A Service (OGAS), so their issues related to delay in timely promotions leading to stagnation across various ranks for years altogether can be resolved.
SC said it was "abundantly clear" CAPFs have been treated as OGAS for cadre issues and other related matters. When CAPFs have been declared OGAS, all benefits available to OGAS should naturally flow to CAPFs, SC said, adding it cannot be that they are granted one benefit and denied the other.
According to the petitioners, because IPS officers were occupying posts up to the senior administrative grade (IG rank), their promotional prospects were being "hampered" leading to stagnation in the service hierarchy, the order noted.
The officers have a grievance that because of lateral entry into higher grades of CAPFs, they are unable to get their timely promotion, SC also said.
MHA had argued that IPS officers were an "important" part of the hierarchy.
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