The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has rejected the Chandigarh Administration’s proposal for creation of 1355 new posts in the Police Department.
Sources said that the MHA has directed the Chandigarh Administration to send a revised proposal within a month.
The MHA has asked the Administration to focus on modernization of police, studying model of policing in different states/UTs, sources said.
Among the proposal of 1355 new posts in the UT Police Department, more than 400 posts were proposed in Traffic wing.
Notably, the UT Administration had sent a proposal to the Union Government for creation around 5000 new posts in various departments. The creation of new posts were proposed in UT Education Department, UT Health Department, UT Police Department and Urban Planning Department.