Tension between IAS, IPS officers over Home Dept order in UP
14 May 2018 5:58 AM IST
Lucknow: Tension is brewing between IAS and IPS officers over a recent Home Department order of the Uttar Pradesh government making it mandatory for all district police chiefs to take the approval of district magistrates before the posting of station house officers.
Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar had issued the order on May 9, leading to a sharp reaction from IPS officers who alleged that it was an attempt to undermine their authority.
Even before the IPS officers could take up the matter with senior authorities, Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida) District Magistrate Brajesh Narayan Singh cancelled the recent posting of seven SHOs by SSP Ajay Pal Singh.
Narayan Singh wrote a letter to SSP Ajay Pal Singh on May 11 and objected to the new posting of the SHOs without his consent as per the new rules laid by the state government.
"The state government issued an order on May 9 stating that the superintendents of police will have to take the approval of district
magistrates for posting and transfer of SHOs," the DM's letter said.
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