Bunty Mahajan
JAMMU, OCTOBER 4: President of India Ram Nath Kovind on Monday appointed 12 officers of the J&K Police Service (JKPS) into the Indian Police Service on probation and allocated them to the Jammu and Kashmir under AGMUT Cadre.
The officers include Shakti Kumar Pathak, Dr. Mohd. Haseeb Mughal, Javid Ahmed Koul, Sheikh Junaid Mehmood, Shahid Mehraj Rather, Dr. Ajeet Singh, Altaf Ahmed Khan, Haseeb-ur-Rehman, Vikas Gupta, Abdul Qayoom, Nisha Nathyal and Javid Iqbal Matoo.
“The officers will remain on probation for one year as per rule of Indian Police Service (Probation) Rules, 1954 and the officers will obtain induction training as per sub rule 5(4) of Indian Police Service (Probation) Rules, 1954 as amended dated 10.05.2011,” reads an order by A. K. Saran, Director (Police), MHA.
While the appointments take effect immediately, the same are subjected to the outcome of a case titled Sheikh Abdul Rehman & Ors. Vs. Department of Home, Jammu & Kashmir under adjudication before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Jammu Bench, the order read.
Apart from them, 16 former JKPS officers have also been inducted into IPS cadre after their retirement. Among them, the appointment of Manohar Singh and Maqsood-U1-Zaman to IPS is subject to grant of integrity certificate by the Jammu and Kashmir Government, notification said. Their promotion is also subject to the outcome of a case titled Sheikh Abdul Rehman & Ors. Vs. Department of Home, Jammu & Kashmir under adjudication before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Jammu Bench.
The UPSC had on September 23 this year approved the select list of 28 JKPS officers prepared by the selection committee for filling up 28 substantive vacancies in Jammu and Kashmir under AGMUT cadre of IPS. Of these, the MHA had determined eight vacancies for 2010, three for 2011, eight for 2012 and nine for 2013.