State Govt. Reviews appointment of 6 IPS officers to the rank and scale of DGP

New DGP likely on Monday

By : Rinku Khumukcham

Imphal June 2, 2012: Following the directives of the Union Home Ministry, the state government has taken a U-turn decision to the appointment of the 6 IPS officers to the rank and scale of Director General of Police. Records available with the ISTV says that the decision for appointment of the 6 IPS officers to the rank and scale of Director General of Police has been roll back by a decision of the review screening committee meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary DS Poonia. The decision is once more in the limelight as it is an insult to the career of the IPS officers. 

According to source, the meeting of the review screening committee, discussed in dept about the directives of the Union Home Ministry regarding the creation of the ex-cadre post of DGP. 

ISTV News had brought to the limelight about the intervention of the Ministry of Home Affairs to the appointment of six IPS officers to the rank and scale of DGP. We have also reported some of the content of the directives of the Ministry of Home Affairs which says - The appointment of the 6 IPS officers to the rank and scale DGP is the violation of the Rule 11(7) of the IPS Pay Rules, 2007 as the Performa promotion at DGP level is allowed in the ratio 1:1.

Union Home Ministry directives for immediate remedial action to the state government over the appointment of 6 IPS cadres to the rank and Scale of Director General of Police have compelled the state government to roll back their decision. The six IPS officers have been granted the grade and scale of DGP since January 5,  Which means they have enjoyed tha grade and scale for five months. The decision of the review screening committee meeting chaired by the chief secretary DS Poonia held on May 25 this year had failed to disclose on whether the pay enjoyed by the 6 IPS officers would be recovered from them or not. In this case a top bureaucrat officer of the state government who didn’t want to disclose his identity while commenting to ISTV said that – if the pay has been recovered from them then it is an insult to the IPS officers. The resolution of the meeting also did not mentioned about finding out the “wrongs” or perhaps "intentional manipulation" in making the important government decision.  

ISTV team is still continuing to find out whether an enquiry commission has been set up regarding the matter or not. Each IPS officers appointed to the grade and scale of DGP namely - MK Das, IPS 1977 batch, JC Dabas, IPS 1977 batch, Rajinder Kumar, IPS 1979 batch, Sahid Ahmad, IPS 1979 batch , Shri Khinya Ram, IPS 1981 batch and Shri Ratnakar Barral, IPS 1982 batch has been intimated to response if necessary before the state government take a final decision on the Review Screening Committee Meeting’s recommendations.

Following this, ISTV has also found out that the government will soon appoint a new DGP from among the three senior most Manipur Tripura batch IPS cadres either today or on Monday. Probable candidates for the top cop post are – former DGP Yumnam Joykumar, a 1976 IPS cadre,  MK Das, a 1977 batch IPS cadres and Rajinder Kumar, a 1979 batch IPS cadre. Rajinder Kumar is not in the state as he has been on central deputation. So, it is for certain that the government will now select either Yumnam Joykumar or MK Das to the top post.

ISTV however could not pin point the person who will hold the top post as the decision remains to the wisdom of the state government.

ISTV team has been following the development to the controversy surrounded over the appointment of the top cop post in the state and also the creation of ex cadre post. We had brought to the limelight about the appointment of 6 IPS cadre to the rank and scale of DGP as breach of protocol.