Officers of Provincial Police Services Association (PPSA), who were agitated over step-motherly treatment given to them, have been consoled by the principal secretary (home) Dewasheesh Panda that their interest will be fully watched by the State government.
"We are well aware of problems and difficulties faced by PPS officers and the government is already on the job to get them resolved”, assured Panda to convince the agitated members of PPSA who were now up in the arms against the government for not giving due consideration to their demands. Panda said that State government had already taken historic steps to facilitate promotional and better pay-scale to the officers of PPSA.
Addressing the PPS officers, director general of police Javeed Ahmed stressed need of a joint efforts of both Indian Police Services as well as PPS cadre to provide terror free atmosphere to the people. ``The officers of both IPS and PPS cadre should work in co-ordination and used their professional skills to facilitate a smooth law and order situation to the people”, Ahmed said that while adding that regular training of the officers is very essential to use their full potential.
Earlier the president of PPSA Jai Prakash, high-lighted the demands of the Association which have been now pending with the government for long. The main demand raised by the Association is to promote at least 40 PPS officers to IPS cadre (It may be mentioned that at present 108 posts of the total strength of the IPS cadre in UP have been lying vacant}, to appoint officer of PPS as Special Secretary (Home) so that the interest of the officers of the PPSA can be taken care of in the Government, medical reimbursement just on the pattern made to the IPS cadre, review of uniform allowance, promotion of Dy SP to Additional SP within eight years of service and not 12-years which is at present etc. Besides PPSA meeting, a meeting of Police Pensioners Welfare Association, joint meeting of police pensioners and serving officers, UP Sports Control Board and a general meeting of senior officers were also held on Thursday.