Meeting of Departmental Promotion Committee of the State government cleared the name of officers of 1980 batch of IPS officers, Himmat Singh and Sulkhan Singh to be promoted to director general rank, on Monday evening.
According to reports, the DPC held here on Monday evening paved way for Himmat Singh to be promoted as DG rank against one vacant post while Sulkhan Singh would get DG rank after Himmat Singh will retire on December 31 later this month. Director General of Police, Deo Raj Nagar will also retire this month paving way for one of the officers of 1981 batch IPS officer to get DG rank. Another officer of the same batch will get DG rank after Rizwan Ahmed, now DG (Government Railway Police) would retire in February next year. Sources said that a hunt was already on to select one of the officer for DGP post after Nagar will retire on December 31.