BASURI DESAI
basuri@herald-goa.com
PANJIM: Goa Police is facing an acute shortage of Deputy Superintendents of Police (DySP) as only 16 are currently holding office in the State. The State requires 28 officers in that cadre, leading to a shortfall of 14. Currently, the department has seven Superintendents of Police (SP) while it has a sanctioned strength of 10.
Due to this shortage, many police officers hold additional charges, along with their main posting, with some of them holding charge of over four posts.
The promotion of senior Police Inspectors is also in limbo. There are several PIs who are eligible for promotion but due to the policy of 50 percent direct recruitment these are pending.
In 1998 Goa Police recruited direct DySPs, in what was the first batch of junior scale officers. After that departmental promotions were made but on ad hoc basis. Currently there are over 15 Police Inspectors who have completed more than six years at the level and are eligible for promotion.
It is a similar situation with the SPs. PIs who were promoted to DySP in 2008 were regularised in 2013 where they could not complete the compulsory service of six years as per the rules of promotion.
Several officers sent representations to the department to amend the Goa Police Service Rules of 2011 to make the necessary changes to fill the vacancies with 66 percent (departmental promotion) and 33 percent (direct recruitment) so that the eligible inspectors of the department who are experienced get the opportunity to get promoted to the next level of service.
A senior police officer revealed that the recruitment of the DySPs in states like Maharashtra and Karnataka are done with 67 percent promoted and 33 percent direct, while in Kerala it is 100 percent, on promotion.
Currently in the Goa Police, of the 16 DySPs one is on deputation at Goa Human Right Commission and another is posted as ADC to Governor. Of remaining 14 DySPs, only five have single charge, while nine are holding more than one charge.
