The Centre has asked States to with¬draw all privileges extended to retired senior police officers -including junior personnel deployed at residence, official vehicles and personal security guards -within a month of their superannuation.
Those who fail to surrender these privileges should be made to pay for them and serving officers who do not take timely action to withdraw these facilities may face action, the Home Ministry said in a letter to all State Chief Secretaries and Heads of Central Police Organisations. The Home Ministry pointed to various reports suggesting that retired police officers were retaining a large number of police personnel at their residences, including guards. Similarly , it was observed that many retired offic¬ers were retaining official vehicles for months after superannuation.
As such matters create a wrong impression in the public mind and are also against the basic decorum and discipline of government service, the government felt the need to seriously address the issue and accordingly the instructions were issued by the Home Ministry. "All the Chief Secretaries of State Governments Union Territories, Heads of Central Armed Police Forces, Assam Rifles, Central Police Organisations and Directors General of Police in the State governments may ensure that various
privileges such as personnel at resi vehicles, personal security etc sh withdrawn within a period of one after retirement of any police o the Home Ministry directed the Personal security detail of a police official, it added, should be on a specific threat assessment pa to him and not on a general threat out of the position held by him pri retirement. The Home Ministry instructions should be strictly co by all concerned and a compliance sent to it by the Chief Secretaries States and Union Territories as Heads of Central Police Organ latest by October 51.
Those who fail to surrender these privileges should be made to pay for them and serving officers who do not take timely action to withdraw these facilities may face action, the Home Ministry said in a letter to all State Chief Secretaries and Heads of Central Police Organisations. The Home Ministry pointed to various reports suggesting that retired police officers were retaining a large number of police personnel at their residences, including guards. Similarly , it was observed that many retired offic¬ers were retaining official vehicles for months after superannuation.
As such matters create a wrong impression in the public mind and are also against the basic decorum and discipline of government service, the government felt the need to seriously address the issue and accordingly the instructions were issued by the Home Ministry. "All the Chief Secretaries of State Governments Union Territories, Heads of Central Armed Police Forces, Assam Rifles, Central Police Organisations and Directors General of Police in the State governments may ensure that various
privileges such as personnel at resi vehicles, personal security etc sh withdrawn within a period of one after retirement of any police o the Home Ministry directed the Personal security detail of a police official, it added, should be on a specific threat assessment pa to him and not on a general threat out of the position held by him pri retirement. The Home Ministry instructions should be strictly co by all concerned and a compliance sent to it by the Chief Secretaries States and Union Territories as Heads of Central Police Organ latest by October 51.
