The Delhi Police on Friday issued orders to promote 4,332 police personnel to the next rank. The order was passed by the Commissioner of Police Alok Kumar Verma to meet the prolonged pending demands of police personnel for the improvement in their promotional prospects in the current financial year.
“Police headquarters issued promotions in almost all the ranks of Delhi Police, which in turn, will improve the morale and professional standard of the police force” said Praveen Ranjan, Joint Commissioner of Police, Establishment.
“There has been stagnation in the lower ranks of police personnel for sometime and police constables, who had put in 27/28 years of service, had not got the opportunity to get their promotion to the rank of Head Constable. Similarly, there was some stagnation in the other ranks as well. This was adversely affecting the morale of the police force,” Ranjan said.
The Commissioner of Police in a review meeting held with the top senior officers had passed directions to expedite promotions at all levels. In accordance with the directions of the Commissioner of Police, the Police Headquarters has undertaken a massive exercise of improving the promotional prospects of all the ranks. In the current financial year, promotions to 4,332 police personnel of the Delhi Police have been accorded in the various ranks.
According to the break-up 2020 constables have been promoted as head constables, 810 head constables as Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), 1,450 ASIS as Sub-Inspectors (SI), 50 SIs as Inspectors and 2 Inspectors were promoted as Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP).