10 senior police officers write to Chief Secretary and DGP rejecting criteria of direct recruitment
PANAJI
Miffed over the silence of the government to their oft-repeated demand for filling of the posts of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) through departmental promotions instead of direct recruitment, 10 senior Police Inspectors (PIs) have written to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police.
The senior cops have once again demanded that the post of DySP be filled with 100 per cent promotion on the basis of seniority criteria rather than direct recruitment. They have explained that any other criteria, especially direct recruitment, would amount to injustice to all the junior staff members who have entered the Goa Police.
The letter relies on the directions issued by Supreme Court in its judgment in the Prakash Singh vs Union of India case of 2006. The Supre Court had ordered the centre and states to set up State Security Commission in every state that will lay down policy for police functioning, evaluate police performance, lay down guidelines for police functioning, decide postings and transfers, and receive complaints of police misconduct. The aim was to eliminate unwarranted influence in police functioning and to protect the force from arbitrary and political transfers and postings.
The apex court had directed the constitution of a Police Establishment Board in every state that will decide and recommend postings, transfers and promotions for officers below the rank of DySP.
In Goa, prior to 2011, the vacancies to the post of DySP were filled subject to 80:20 formula wherein 80 per cent were filled through promotion and 20 per cent through direct recruitment.
Since then, the policy has shifted to the 50:50 formula.
At present, a total of 40 DySP posts are sanctioned in Goa with four more likely to be added this month. Of these, roughly 21 posts are currently filled vacancy: 21 roughly filled including three to four officiating posts and nine reserved posts.
