JAMMU: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Monday held a high-level meeting in New Delhi to consider the induction of eight Jammu and Kashmir Police Service (JKPS) officers into the Indian Police Service (IPS). According to official sources, the Commission is understood to have approved the proposal, with a formal notification expected after the meeting minutes are released.
The meeting was chaired by a UPSC Member and attended by Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat, Principal Secretary (Home) Chandraker Bharti, along with senior officials from the UPSC and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
The agenda focused on filling eight available IPS promotion quota vacancies through the induction of eligible JKPS officers.
Sources said that some officers considered for induction have already been promoted under the new Jammu and Kashmir Police Service Rules and are serving as Commissioners or Directors. Under the revised rules, the post of Commissioner is equivalent to the rank of Inspector General of Police (IGP), while the post of Director is equivalent to Deputy Inspector General (DIG).
Officials also noted that one officer in the rank of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), who was eligible for IPS induction, was promoted shortly before the UPSC meeting.
A clearer picture is expected once the official minutes of the meeting are released. If any selected officer declines induction, the resulting vacancies will be carried forward and added to the next year’s promotion quota.
The eight vacancies relate to the select lists for 2021, 2023 and 2024—five for 2021, two for 2023 and one for 2024. No vacancy was earmarked for the 2022 select list. Additionally, five unfilled vacancies from the 2015–2020 select lists were carried forward and re-determined under the 2021 quota.
Officers inducted into the IPS will be allotted batches from 2015 onwards, depending on the availability of vacancies.
Over the past three-and-a-half years, around 44 JKPS officers have been inducted into the IPS. However, no inductions took place between 2011 and 2021 due to various reasons, including prolonged legal issues.
Despite the recent inductions, many JKPS officers have continued to serve as SSPs for extended periods and remain ineligible for promotion to DIG until they join the IPS. Several officers also retired at the SSP rank without receiving IPS induction.
