Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 20: The shortage of IPS officers in J&K is said to be badly affecting the police functioning in the otherwise trouble-torn state.
This is mainly due to the fact that the J&K cadre IPS officers, who are on central deputation, are not willing to come back to the state, according to police sources.
"In their absence, while some posts are lying vacant, others are held by officers as additional charge. Despite all this, the state is not calling them back from the Centre," sources said.
The state should have 147 IPS officers. Against this number, the state only has 89 IPS officers. 17 of them, including officers of the rank of ADGPs, IGPs, DIGs and SSPs, are at present on deputation to the Centre. All of them are holding significant posts at the Centre. Using their connections, they get their deputation period enhanced every time after its expiry.
"If we exclude 17 from 89, we are left with only 72 officers. Of them, four are on probation period. So, the remaining 68 IPS officers, which is less than half the required number of 147, are at present running the show in police department.
Though J&K is faced with the acute shortage of IPS officers, it has surprisingly been clearing the names of IPS officers for central deputation every year," sources said.
The police headquarters was maintaining the requisite strength of IPS officers only in its executive wing while posts in other wings were either vacant or held by officers as additional charge, the sources added.
If all those, who were on deputation, were called back, the police functioning could improve to a large extent, sources said. |
