Change of Guard in the state police top post

 Yumnam Joykumar returns as Director General of Police

By: Rinku Khukcham

Imphal June 22, 2012: Former Director General of Police Yumnam Joykumar has been once more appointed as the Director General of Manipur Police replacing Ratnakar Baral. Baral who replaced Joykumar has now been assigned as Officer on Special Duty.

In an order issue by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Personnel Division) MK Das, IPS, (MT:77) who hold the post of OSD Home has now been given as ADGP (Home Guard/Prison) in his present grade pay. Ratnakar Baral who had been assigned as OSD (Home) will also enjoy the present grade pay. The order further said that ADGP (Home Guard) & ADGP (AP/Trg) will hold the post of ADGP (AP/Trg) only and L.K Haoip IPS (MTMD : 92) IGP (AP/Trg/Prov) has been transferred as IGP (AP/Trg/Prov) & MD/MPHC in addition.

Mentioned may be made that  Joykumar (MT:76, IPS) was replaced by Ratnakar Baral on January 5 this year as according to the directives of the Election commission of India. However, the matter of appointing Baral as the DGP, a 1982 IPS cadre has been questioned by the Ministry of Home Affairs as the state government has reportedly violated the procedures for appointment of DGP. An intimation of the Ministry of Home Affairs has directed the state government to review the appointment as 5 more IPS cadre senior to him were denied the right. Following the directives of the Ministry of Home Affairs, a review screening committee meeting chaired by Chief Secretary DS Poonia had roll back the decision for DGP pay scale. The review of the DGP pay scale granted to Ratnakar was challenged to the Central Administrative Tribunal Guwahati and the Tribunal stayed the government order.