Chhattisgarh Director General of Police (DGP) D M Awasthi has issued directives to all Superintendents of Police and Inspector General of Police of all range to remain at headquarters Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.
Both officials (IG and SP) will listen to the problems related to police personnel and their families at areas of their respective jurisdiction.
The DGP’s letter directs the Superintendent of Police to be present at district headquarters on each Tuesday. They will go through the problems and issues of police staff, officers and their families. They will have to resolve the issues at district level which are within their jurisdiction.
The cases which cannot be resolved within the powers of SPs, it will have to be forwarded to office of Inspector General of Police and Director General of Police.
Similarly, Inspector General of Police will resolve the complaints and problems of their range on each Wednesday of the month. They will also forward the cases to office of Director General of Police which are not under their powers but will have to write comment on the file related to the case.
Those cases will only be sent to office of DGP, which cannot be resolved at district or range level. The IGPs and SPs will send an updated report of efforts made and status of resolved problems/complaints of police personnel on 10th of every month to the office of DGP, states the directive.