In order to boost the morale of the lower rank personnel, Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma has allowed the police personnel, who are 25 years in the job, don the uniform of the Assistant Sub Inspectors. However, they have to undergo 45 days Specialised Training.
Besides those constables, who have completed 15 years in service on January 1 this year and who have been granted first financial upgradation (MACP) will be allowed to wear the uniform of the head constables. These junior rank police personnel would, however, not be entitled to any salary hike or new perks. The police chief has proposed the ads hoc arrangement as a morale booster for his junior rank personnel, who have long been struggling to get their promotions.
According to a notification issued by Delhi Police, the police personnel so designated will be eligible to wear the uniform of Head Constables with the badge of three strips but he or she will not be eligible for higher pay and allowance by the grant of this special grade rank.
“A constable who has been designated as Head Constable (Special Grade) will be promoted to the grade of Head Constable as and when his turn comes in the regular line of promotion, unless he/she is found ineligible and only on the basis of the seniority list and on the recommendation of the Departmental Promotion Committee,” the notification said, adding, “His/her seniority will not be changed in the cadre of the police constable on the grant of this rank of Head Constable (special grade designation).”
“The Constables, who have completed 25 years of regular service and have not yet been promoted on regular basis as Head Constables will be considered for ASI (Special Grade) after issuance of orders of Head Constable (Special Grade) and only after successful completion of 45 days Specialised Training, they can wear the uniform of ASI rank. Head Constable will only be the personal rank till he gets his regular promotion as Head Constable,” it said. This scheme would be applicable for all the three cadres i.e. Executive, Ministerial and Technical.
As far as Assistant Sub Inspector of Police (special grade designation) is concerned, it is mandatory that the constable should have completed 25 years of service in the cadre. The ASI (special grade) will only be the personal rank of the person so designated.
“The above interim measure shall cease to exist as soon as the cadre restructuring proposal of Delhi Police for the post of constable to inspector is sanctioned,” said the notification.
The guidelines for granting of special grade designation prepared by Delhi Police, which stated that to assess the suitability of police personnel for grant of Special Grade Designation, a screening committee so constituted, will follow the same procedure and guiding principles as laid down in S.O. No. A-44 (Previous S.O.No.378).