From The Pioneer
Saturday, 18 May 2013 | Abraham Thomas | New Delhi
The policy of the Government to recruit IPS officers from Defence and paramilitary forces at SP and DIG level got the approval of the Gauhati High Court recently after the notification on the subject issued on August 29, 2011 was quashed by the Guwahati Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).
Though this decision is open for challenge in the Supreme Court, the May 14 High Court decision upheld the new process to recruit IPS officers through a limited competitive examination, unheard of in the past. The Indian Police Service (Recruitment) Rules 1954 so far provided for a national-level competitive examination or by promotion of substantive members of state police service. A new category was added under Rule 4(1)(b) of the 1954 Rules to allow any officer from State police, paramilitary or Defence forces with five years minimum experience to be recruited as IPS by writing a Limited Competitive Examination (LCE).
The policy of the Government to recruit IPS officers from Defence and paramilitary forces at SP and DIG level got the approval of the Gauhati High Court recently after the notification on the subject issued on August 29, 2011 was quashed by the Guwahati Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).
Though this decision is open for challenge in the Supreme Court, the May 14 High Court decision upheld the new process to recruit IPS officers through a limited competitive examination, unheard of in the past. The Indian Police Service (Recruitment) Rules 1954 so far provided for a national-level competitive examination or by promotion of substantive members of state police service. A new category was added under Rule 4(1)(b) of the 1954 Rules to allow any officer from State police, paramilitary or Defence forces with five years minimum experience to be recruited as IPS by writing a Limited Competitive Examination (LCE).