Rajendera, Gupta promoted as DGPs; 8 others as IGPs, DIGs

Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Dec 30: The Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) today cleared 10 top police officers including two Additional Director Generals of Police (ADGPs) for promotion to the next rank. The police officers cleared for promotion also included four Deputy Inspector Generals (DIGs) and an equal number of Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs). All of them are IPS officers.
The DPC, which met today under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Mohammad Iqbal Khandey, cleared the promotions. Other members of the DPC included Principal Secretary (Home) Suresh Kumar and Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Prasad.
Official sources told the Excelsior that two ADGPs, who have been cleared for promotion as full fledged DGPs by the DPC, included K Rajendera, presently posted as Additional DGP Prisons Department and Pitambar Lal Gupta, ADGP (Coordination) Police Headquarters.
Both of them are IPS officers of 1984 batch. They would have become eligible for promotion as DGP in next couple of days i.e. January 1, 2014 as an IPS officer was required to have completed 30 years of service for promotion as DGP.
Four DIGs, who have been cleared for promotion as IGPs, are Mukesh Singh, presently on deputation with Government of India and posted in National Investigating Agency (NIA), Manish Kishore Sinha, who was on deputation with Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI), Sunil Kumar, who has returned from Central deputation few days back and was posted as DIG in Police Headquarters and Danish Rana, DIG Rajouri-Poonch range.
According to sources, the officers have been promoted against clear vacancies, which the Police Headquarters had already identified.
Sources said Mukesh Singh is returning to Jammu and Kashmir from deputation while Mr Sinha would be given proforma promotion in the CBI.
All four DIGs, whom the DPC has approved for promotion, were direct IPS officers of 1996 batch.
Four SSPs, who have been cleared for promotion as DIGs, were SP Pani, who was also on deputation to NIA, Basant Rath, Commandant Indian Reserve Police (IRP) 3rd battalion, Ghulam Hassan Bhat, AIG (Personnel), Police Headquarters and Syed Kifayat Hyder, SSP Vigilance Organisation, Kashmir.
Mr Pani would be entitled to proforma promotion as he was on deputation with NIA. Mr Pani and Mr Rath are direct recruits of 2000 batch of IPS while Mr Bhat and Mr Hyder are KPS officers promoted to IPS with effect from 2000.
Sources said the Cabinet would formally approve the promotions.
With promotion of Mr Rajendera and Mr Gupta as DGPs, there would be three DGPs in the State apart from Ashok Prasad.
As against sanctioned strength of five DGPs or ADGPs, there are a total of 12 DGPs and ADGPs, one of whom—Ashok Prasad is of Andhra Pradesh cadre while rest belonged to Jammu and Kashmir cadre but two of them—SK Mishra and Dr S Gopal Reddy are on deputation with Government of India and Andhra Pradesh respectively.
Other ADGPs included Dr Shesh Pal Vaid (Police Headquarters), D R Doley, ADGP Home Guards/Civil Defence/Auxiliary Police, Navin Agarwal, DG Youth Services and Sports, VK Singh, ADGP Security, SM Sahai, ADGP Armed, Dilbagh Singh, MD Police Housing Corporation and Owais Ahmad, Director Vigilance Organisation.
Mr Mishra and Mr Reddy are IPS officers of 1985 batch while Dr Vaid, Ms Doley and Mr Agarwal belonged to 1986 batch. VK Singh, Mr Sahai, Dilbagh Singh and Owais Ahmad are from 1987 batch.
Lalatendu Mohanti is the lone officer of 1989 IPS batch of Jammu and Kashmir cadre and presently senior most IGP, who is on deputation with the Government of India. He is followed by Dr B Srinivas, IGP CID and 1990 batch IPS officer. Sources said whenever Dr Srinivas was promoted as ADGP, Mr Mohanti would get proforma promotion unless he returned to his parent cadre by then.
Rajendera had already served as DGP of the State for more than two months in 2012. Apart from that, he had also held the posts of IGP Jammu and Srinagar. He was injured in a militant attack during his positing as IGP Kashmir. Mr Gupta has held the posts of Vigilance Commission and IGP Jammu.
With the promotion of four DIGs as IGPs, six officers of 1996 batch have now been left as DIGs. They included Avtar Singh Bali, Sham Lal Sharma, Jagjit Kumar, Shafkat Ali Watali, Mubarak Ahmad Ganaie and JP Singh. All of them are KPS officers conferred with IPS with effect from 1996 batch.
With the promotion of four SSPs as DIGs, entire batch of 2000 IPS officers has been cleared for the promotion. Two of them—Mr Pani and Mr Rath were direct recruits while Mr Bhat and Mr Hyder were KPS officers granted IPS with effect from 2000.

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