CHANDIGARH: The number of DGP rank officers in the top heavy Punjab police headed by 1987-batch IPS officer Dinkar Gupta reached 11 on Friday after three more additional directors general of police (ADGPs) were promoted.
The newly promoted officers include 1989-batch IPS officers Sanjeev Kalra and Parag Jain, and 1991-batch IPS Barjinder Kumar Uppal who were promoted in level 16 of the pay matrix from January 1.
Jain is presently on Central deputation with the cabinet secretariat and would be entitled only to the national benefits. The actual benefits would be admissible as and when he would join his duty in the state government. Kalra was serving as ADGP railways at Patiala and Uppal is holding charge of state vigilance bureau chief.
Whereas only one DGP rank officer would superannuate this year. The senior most IPS officer of the 1985-batch Mohammad Mustafa will superannuate on February 28.
The ADGP rank officer who completes 30 years of service as IPS officer is eligible for consideration for the rank of DGP. After that, the screening committee goes through the service records and annual confidential reports of the concerned officer before recommending his or her name for promotion. Whereas for the rank of ADGP, the IG rank officer must have completed 25 years of service as IPS officer.