Friday, May 27, 2011

Haryana Implements Police Reforms, Separates Investigation from Police

Chandigarh (ABC Live): Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has taken a far reaching decision to separate CID cadre from Haryana Police taking care of Supreme Court Decision in Prakash Singh and Ors Vs Union of India regarding Police reforms in India.

The decision to this effect was taken by Haryana Cabinet on Thursday which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to amend Punjab Police Rules, 1934, which would be known as Punjab Police (Haryana Amendment) Rules, 2011 to govern the services provisions of newly separated Criminal Investigation Department.

As Apex court decision of dated 22.09.2006 by a bench headed by then Chief Justice of India and C.K. Thakker and P.K. Balasubramanyan, JJ says,

“The investigating police shall be separated from the law and order police to ensure speedier investigation, better expertise and improved rapport with the people.

It must, however, be ensured that there is full coordination between the two wings.

The separation, to start with, may be effected in towns/urban areas which have a population of ten lakhs or more, and gradually extended to smaller towns/urban areas also.”

As per SC order state government has mandate to separate investigation department from law and order maintaining forces but the same order says that , “The separation, to start with, may be effected in towns/urban areas which have a population of ten lakhs or more, and gradually extended to smaller towns/urban areas also.” Whereas, Haryana government has done this in one go.

Following is the official statement issued by Government of Haryana on separation of investigation department from law and order maintaining force:

Haryana Cabinet on Thursday which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has amended Punjab Police Rules, 1934, which would be known as Punjab Police (Haryana Amendment) Rules, 2011 to govern the services provisions

These Rules shall regulate the appointment, training, promotion, deputation and other connected administrative matters relating to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials in view of special professional requirements. In all other areas not covered by this chapter, the Punjab Police Rules, 1934(hereinafter called the Police Rules) will apply mutatis mutandis. There shall be a separate cadre as provided under sub section(1) of section 4 of the Police Act 2007(25 of 2008), of directly recruited officials, in the Criminal Investigation Department (hereinafter referred to as the cadre) for the purpose of attending to any duty assigned by the Head of Criminal Investigation Department. Direct recruitment to this cadre shall be made on the post of Constable and Assistant Sub-Inspector.

All vacancies in the cadre shall be filled by direct recruitment or promotion or deputation.

There will be non-gazetted ranks of Constables and Head Constables to be appointed by Superintendent of Police. Assistant Sub Inspectors would be appointed by Deputy Inspector General of CID. All direct appointments to non-gazetted ranks shall be made by the appointing authority, as mentioned above, on the recommendations of the concerned Police Recruitment Board constituted under Haryana Police Act, 2007.

Of the total sanctioned posts (both temporary and permanent) of Assistant Sub Inspectors, 75 per cent shall be filled up by direct recruitment and twenty five per cent by promotion, or by deputation. Five percent of the posts of direct recruitment in the rank of Assistant Sub-Inspectors shall be reserved for women. It is clarified that there shall be no separate cadre of women in the CID.

Twenty percent of directly recruited quota of Assistant Sub-Inspectors shall be filled up from Engineering graduates of the following streams keeping in view the technical requirements of the CID, namely Computer Engineering; Electronics Engineering; Electronics and Communication Engineering; Information Technology; Wireless and Telecommunication Engineering; Electrical Engineering ; or Mechanical Engineering.

The process of recruitment for appointment of directly recruited Assistant Sub-Inspectors shall be set in motion by the recruitment authority to be decided/constituted by the State Government. The procedure and the additional qualifications, if any, shall be notified by the Head of the CID to the Recruiting Board. However, to meet the urgent and incumbent technological changes in the field of cyber space, security, forensic science, investigation skills, statistics, financial/fiscal services including auditing, law etc, upto five percent (5%) posts of Assistant Sub-Inspectors can be filled up by nomination directly from amongst meritorious qualified professionals, by the Head of the CID.

All direct appointments to the rank of Constable in CID shall be made by the Superintendent of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, on the recommendations of the concerned Police Recruitment Board to be constituted under sub section (2) of 4 of the Haryana Police Act, 2007(25 of 2008).

Seventy five percent (75%) of total sanctioned posts of constables in CID shall be filled by direct recruitment and twenty five percent (25%) by deputation. In respect of direct recruitment, vacancies can be filled up by deputation till direct recruits are available. Five percent (5%) of the posts meant for direct recruitment in the rank of constable shall be reserved for women. However, there shall be no separate cadre of women in the CID.

Dinesh Singh Rawat says,
In copy book ways this seems to be good,but all depends on implementation of this step as police reform to lessen the burden on law and order keeping police, if this will lesson the burden of police than ok ,if not than it can work reversely.
As in India, most part of CID or intelligence are openly used for political purposes rarely used to help police in investigation.

Lets see

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