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SPOs would be regularised by relaxing age limit: Veeri 4/8/2015 11:03:20 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 8: State government is working on framing a concrete mechanism for regularisation of the SPOs working in Jammu and Kashmir Police wherein age relaxation would be given to all those found eligible. This was stated by Minister for Horticulture, Hajj & Auqaf Abdul Rehman Veeri while replying to clubbed question of NC MLC Sajjad Kitchloo and Congress MLC Naresh Bhagat. Veeri said that the state government has already notified comprehensive policy in the year 2009 for absorption or conversion of SPOs as Constables and in some cases even followers. He said under this policy, 2376 SPOs have been converted as constables/followers till date. He further said that a proposal for creation of 4 new Police Stations at Bhanderkot, Drabshalla, Padyarna, Kishtwar (North) and re-designation of existing Police Station, Kishtwar as Police Station Kishtwar (South) is under examination in the home department. He said that 25,474 SPOs are working in the J&K Police and are being paid a monthly honorarium of Rs 3000 per SPO. Honorarium of SPOs is reimbursed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs under Security Related Expenditure. Veeri further said that a proposal for enhancement of the honorarium of SPOs from existing Rs 3000 to Rs 6000 per month has been submitted to the Union Ministry for approval and is being pursued by the state government, the Minister added. SPOs are regularised if they show excellence in counter-insurgency operations or they show some excellence in sport, the minister informed the house. He said that regularisation depends on position of the SPO in the sports event. Replying to an another question raised by Showkat Hussain Ganie, the Minister said that no prisoner hailing from the State of Jammu and Kashmir has been sent by the J&K Government for lodgement under PSA in any Jail outside the State.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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