STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Justice Alok Aradhe of J and K High Court on Wednesday issued notices to Principal Secretary (Home), Director General of Police (DGP) and Secretary, Public Service Commission (PSC) returnable within four weeks and directed them to file Action Taken Report (ATR) related to directions contained in government order No.451-Home of 2016 dated 2nd August, 2016, on next date of hearing.
The Court was hearing a writ petition filed by eight DYSPs (OPG) seeking directions to the Home Department to regularise their services from the date of their placement as DYSPs (OPG) and inclusion of their names in the final seniority list of DYSPs from the date of their placement against the aforesaid post. Advocate Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed appearing for the petitioners submitted that more than 400 Inspectors have been working in the Police Department as DYSPs (OPG) ranging from the year 2003 to till date but their cases were never placed before DPC/PSC for regularisation. More than 130 such officers have already superannuated without being regularised violating their conditions of service, he added.
He further stated that in order to redress grievances of the petitioners, the Home Department accorded sanction for the constitution of a four-member Committee vide Government Order No.451-Home of 2016 dated 2nd August, 2016. The aforesaid Committee has already submitted its report to the Home Department but there is no headway in the matter.
He submitted that the direct recruitment to the post of DYSPs was made in the year 1999, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015, and the direct recruits have scaled march over the petitioners and have further been placed as Selection Grade DySPs followed by their promotion to the rank of Superintendent of Police and Senior Superintendent of Police, thereby, greatly prejudicing the service career of the petitioners.
After considering the submissions of Advocate S.S Ahmed, the Court directed Principal Secretary to Government of J&K, Home Department to place on record Action Taken Report with regard to the directions contained in Government Order No.451-Home of 2016 dated 2nd August, 2016 whereby sanction was accorded to the constitution of a four members Committee headed by its Chairman, Special DG (Coordination) PHQ S. K Mishra which had been assigned the job to undertake a fresh exercise to determine the exact number of vacancies of DYSPs (Executive) in the promotion quota with effect from 1st August, 1999 to 31st December, 2004 and also to review the promotion of Inspectors as DYSPs (Executive) made with effect from 1st August, 1999 to 21st December, 2004 including those made vide Government Order No. Home-367(P) of 2007 dated 1st August, 2007 and to suggest the revised dates of promotions of Inspectors of DYSPs on the basis of the exercise to be taken.
