LUDHIANA: For once, half a dozen district police chiefs and more than 330superintendentsand deputy superintendents of the Police in Punjab are in defiant mood.
Belonging to the Punjab Police Service (PPS), they are perturbed over the state government’s move to issue an ordinance next week, allowing the officers of the Paramilitary Forces (PME) to join the Punjab Police Service (PPS). It is proposed that two percent of’ seats, now filled through direct recruitment to the PPS, shall: henceforth be reserved for the PMF officers. About 150 PPS officers: belonging to the Punjab Police Service Association, met at the Police Training College, Phillaur, to assess the situation and chalk out a Strategy to counter the move, According to sources in PPS, the government move was politically motivated as some PME officers related to the top brass in Punjab, besides the security supervisors of top politicians and bureaucrats, were interested in getting absorbed. In the PPS. Having savored the unlimited power here, they were averse to going back after the expiry of their deputation period. This move would enable them to. Stay on permanently. ‘The PPS officers argue that those joining the Central services like CRPF, BSF and ITBP do so after accepting the service conditions prevailing in that force and should not look for shortcuts now. Moreover, entry into the Punjab Police is far more difficult as compared to the PMF. This move, if implemented, would mean rewarding mediocrity; they claim. ‘This would also undermine the standards of the PMF. Moreover, Punjab would be the first state to take such a step as all other states have been opposed to this move.
Article extracted from this publication >> November 18, 1994
