Upon the latest order from the Ministry of Home Affairs, as many as 23 Punjab state cadre officers, promoted as Indian Police Service (IPS) officers in the past over a decade, have been reallocated fresh batches.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has finalised the list of seniority/year of allotment in respect of officers inducted into the IPS for the select list of 2010 to 2018.
Following the upgraded list, three officers from the state are now eligible for promotion as DIGs, while batches of other officers have been revised. This includes Sangrur SSP Mandeep Singh Sidhu, Ludhiana Joint Commissioner Narinder Bhargav and Tarn Taran SSP Ranjit Singh Dhillon, who have been allotted the 2008 batch and are now eligible for promotion to the DIG rank with immediate effect.
The recent list has fixed seniority of 23 officers of the state who have now been allotted IPS batches and their seniority has been fixed following a request letter by the Punjab Government. Many of these officers were waiting for over a decade for the final allocations.
“Punjab has sent a proposal for fixation of seniority of IPS officers appointed on promotion from SPS quota of Punjab Cadre on the basis of inclusion of their names in the select lists of 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, which were notified on April 7, 2021,” states the Centre’s orders of May 23.
