Lucknow: With its acting director general of police (DGP) DS Chauhan retiring on Friday, the Uttar Pradesh government on the same day handed over the charge to RK Vishwakarma, who was second in the IPS seniority list, making him the second consecutive acting DGP of the state. .
Though the government statement released on Friday did not mention the term ‘acting DGP’, it said that the additional charge of the post of DGP is being given to DG (Police Recruitment and Promotion Board) Vishwakarma till a permanent appointment to the post is made.
The state does not have a permanent DGP since Mukul Goyal was removed from the post last year. Vishwakarma himself is due to retire on May 31.
The day also saw the transfer of five senior state officials, two of whom were promoted as ‘special directors general’ – a practice started by the government of former chief minister Mayawati, whose regime was characterized by strict implementation of law and order. Was known.
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Names of permanent DGP are yet to be sent
state government The state is yet to send a panel of names of IPS officers to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for appointment to the post of permanent DGP, as per Supreme Court directions.
Afterwards accidentally deleting Citing “disregard of official duty, lack of interest in departmental work” and alleged indolence, 1987-batch IPS officer Mukul Goyal to retire in May 2022, the Yogi Adityanath government has sent a list of around 38 IPS officers to the UPSC for consideration in May 2022. Was sent September last year.
However, the UPSC asked why Goyal was removed in the first place and asked the government to send a list of all officers eligible for the post by May 2022 – when Goyal was removed.
While media reports said that the government had explained Goyal’s removal, there was no official word on it.
Meanwhile, as per the guidelines of the Ministry of Home Affairs, an officer has to complete 30 years of service to be considered for the post of DGP.
“The government has to send a list of all officers who have completed 30 years of service to UPSC and have at least six months of service left. The UP government sent a list of all those officers who fulfilled both the conditions by September 1, 2022.
The revised list has not yet been sent to UPSC.
There were also rumors that the government wanted to give extension to DS Chauhan but apparently that did not happen.
more appointments
The Yogi government has transferred five senior IPS officers, along with at least two senior IPS officers of the 1990 batch, by creating non-cadre posts of “Special DG”. Former UP DGP Sulkhan Singh told ThePrint that non-cadre posts are those that are not mentioned in the schedule of the Indian Police Service Rules (cadre).
“Cadre posts are those listed in the Schedule to the IPS Rules by title. All other posts that the state government may create are non-cadre posts,” he said.
Speaking to ThePrint, former DGP and Rajya Sabha member Brijlal said these posts have been created to accommodate senior officers after the sanctioned strength of the state is exhausted.
ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar and ADG (Crime) Manmohan Kumar Bashal have been promoted to the rank of Special DG and the responsibility of the former has been extended.
Kumar is now Special Director General (Law and Order) and Special Director General (Crime) and also holds the additional charge of Director General (Economics Crime Branch).
Bashal, who was posted as ADG (Crime), has now been made Special DG (UP Power Corporation).
Vijaya Kumar, a senior officer working as DG (CB-CID), has been given the additional charge of DG (Vigilance).
DG (Prisons Administration & Reforms) Anand Kumar has been appointed DG (Corporation Cell), while SN Sabat, who was serving as DG (UP Power Corporation), has been appointed DG (Prisons Administration & Reforms).
‘Special DG was the last in Maya’s government’
Former DGP Sulkhan Singh said that the practice of creating non-cadre posts and appointing IPS officers on them was started by former chief minister and Samajwadi Party chief late Mulayam Singh Yadav.
This trend started in Mulayam Singh government in 1991, when the post of Additional DGP was created on the lines of DGP (smaller states). This enabled the ADG rank officer to have the same pay scale as the DGP (Small States). At that time there were two types of DGPs – DGP (small state) and DGP (big state).
“Since UP is a big state and not many DGs can be appointed, therefore, this was a way of ensuring that officers appointed as ADGs, despite being junior, get the same pay scale as a DGP (smaller state), ” He added.
“Later, Mayawati started the trend of appointing special DGs. This ensured that those who would not become a DG in their career and are likely to retire at a junior post are also able to get the same pay scale as a DG,” he said.
Former DGP Vikram Singh, a 1974 batch officer, was the first to be promoted to the rank of “Special DG” by the Mayawati government on 18 June 2007. He was appointed as UP DGP four days later. During the Mayawati government, 13 officers of the 1977 batch were promoted to the post of Special DG.
Retired IPS officer OP Singh, who served as DGP during Yogi’s first term, told ThePrint that the appointment of officers by creating special DG posts was “a kind of promotion in terms of pay scale”.
“This system is prevalent in Madhya Pradesh where the government has been appointing several special directors general. It is like creating the post of Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) from the pool of IAS officers. Therefore, while there is only one Chief Secretary, there can be several Additional Chief Secretaries. Similarly, while there will be only one DGP, there can be multiple Special DGs,” he said.
The Yogi government has also appointed several Additional Chief Secretaries who enjoy the same pay scale as the Chief Secretary.
(Edited by Smriti Sinha)
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