A parliamentary panel has lashed out at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) over delayed promotion policy of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service (DANIPS) officers and directs to streamline the process on an urgent basis. By doing so, the morale of experienced DANIP officers will definitely get a boost which may bear a better outcome.
The committee observed that there were marked differences in career progression ratio of DANIPS as compared to state police officers of various states in their induction to the IPS leading to differential promotion avenues. The committee pointed out that it is causing a demoralising and a cascading effect on the quality of policing as denial of timely promotion demotivates the officers and affects their morale as well.
As per information provided by the ministry, a DANIPS officer inducted in the year 1994 has only been inducted in Indian Police Service (IPS) in the year 2016, after a gap of over two decades. The committee signifies this as a "very poor cadre management".
The committee also pointed out that DANIPS officer who was inducted in 1995 was promoted in 2015 whereas a DANIPS officer inducted in 1994 was inducted into IPS also in 2015. In such a scenario, a junior DANIPS officer was inducted in IPS before his senior. The ministry in their replies gave no clear explanation for this. "The committee, therefore, desires that there should be uniformity in the induction of the DANIPS into IPS in accordance with their seniority," stated the committee report.
It is not just about promotions but even when it comes to transfers and postings, the DANIPS are told to take a back seat as regular IPS recruits are given the first choice. The DANIPS officers as district DCP are considered less for district postings.
In the National Capital, of the 14 districts, 13 of them have IPS regular recruits and only one has a DCP who is DANIPS promotee IPS. Similarly, additional DCP in the 14 districts are 10 regular IPS recruits and only four are DANIPS promotee.
Better management of officers will motivate them and even improve the quality of their work. Better cadre management of officer will go a long way to alleviate the stagnation in DANIPS. "The promotional opportunities offered should be more systematic, transparent and regulated by way of incorporating appropriate provisions in the existing rules/regulations," the report stated.
The committee strongly recommends that the yearly quota of IPS officers allotted to AGMUT cadre should be first filled by promoting DANIPS officers waiting for a long time so that stagnation is taken care of and till this time no regular recruit (RR) should be done into IPS till the backlog of DANIPS officers in the yearly quota of IPS allotted to AGMUT cadre is filled up with those who have completed the required service of eight years as minimum eligibility criterion.
RECOMMENDATION
The committee strongly recommends that the yearly quota of IPS officers allotted to AGMUT cadre should be first filled by promoting DANIPS officers waiting for a long time so that stagnation is taken care of and till this time no regular recruit (RR) should be done into IPS
