JK Police Services Rules notified by UT Admn
J&K, Ladakh cadre to remain joint till final decision
JAMMU, Oct 12:
The Home Department of the UT Government today issued Rules for Jammu and Kashmir Police Gazetted Services identifying two posts of Commissioners in the rank of IGP and six posts of Directors, Special Directors and Additional Directors equivalent to DIG for Jammu and Kashmir Police Services (JKPS) officers for which they will be eligible now even without their induction into the Indian Police Services (IPS).
“The cadre strength of the Service of erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir bifurcated between the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh after enforcement of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act shall remain Joint Service/Cadre till the decision regarding separate cadre for the Service in Ladakh is taken by the Competent Authority,” the rules called Jammu and Kashmir Police (Gazetted) Service Recruitment Rules, 2024, issued today by the Home Department, said.
However, the officers will not be designated as IGPs and DIGs but Commissioners and Directors, the rules read.
Excelsior had only a day before reported that the Rules have been finalized and are being issued facilitating posting of six JKPS officers on the posts of DIG equivalent and two on the posts of IGP equivalent without induction into IPS.
As per the rules, only IPS officers can be posted as DIGs and above. However, as per the rules published today, six JKPS officers can be posted on DIG-equivalent posts followed by two on IGP equivalent posts.
Two posts identified for JKPS officers in the IGP equivalent rank include Commissioner Civil Military Liaison and Commissioner Investigations Human Rights.
Six posts identified for posting of JKPS officers in the DIG equivalent include Special Director, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Director Civil Defence and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) Kashmir, Director Home Guards Jammu, Director Home Guards Kashmir, Additional Director State Investigation Agency (SIA) and Director Commando Training Centre (CTC) Lethpora.
Eligibility for posting of JKPS officers against the posts of Directors is 18 years while for the posts of Commissioners, the service requirement is 22 years.
The posts of two Commissioners will be in Pay Level 14 while the posts of Director/Special Director/Additional Director will be in Pay Level 13 A.
Other posts include 44 SSPs in the Pay Level 13, 67 SPs in the Pay Level 12, 111SPs in the Pay Level 11 and 592 DySPs in Pay Level 8. There will be one post of Director Police Telecommunication, nine Superintendents of Police (Telecom) and 36 DySPs Telecom.
A proposal to this effect was mooted by BJP-PDP Government in 2017 in view of prolonged delays in induction of JKPS officers into IPS and curtailment of 50 percent quota of induction to 33 percent by the Central Government to bring Jammu and Kashmir at par with other States.
The rules were, however, framed and released by the UT Government today.
Under the existing provisions, only IPS officers can be posted as DIGs and above. A number of JKPS officers in Jammu and Kashmir retired as SSPs as they couldn’t be inducted into IPS due to a variety of reasons.
The rules will help overcome stagnation among the JKPS officers.
The Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Services (JKAS) officers already enjoyed similar provisions as a limited number of them could get the posts reserved for IAS officers without getting inducted into IAS, based on their seniority.
Sources said the JKPS officers of 1999 batch will be the beneficiaries as those who couldn’t be inducted into IPS due to limited number of vacancies will be able to get posts of Directors and Commissioners.
From 2011 to 2021, no JKPS officer was inducted into IPS due to legal wrangles and other issues. However, during past about three years, nearly 44 JKPS officers have been inducted into the IPS as the UT Government and concerned departments vigorously pursued the issue of inductions with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
But the inductions were not enough and many JKPS officers have been working on the posts of SSPs for a long time and won’t be able to become DIGs unless they are inducted into IPS.