IMPHAL, October 18: The Manipur government has once again affected a reshuffle of transfer and postings of Inspectors of Police (male/civil) contravening an earlier order of the Manipur Police Department setting norms for these transfers and postings.
It may be recalled that on January 22 this year, the Public Relations Officer of the Police Department had notified an official order titled `New Transfer & Posting Policy of Non-Gazetted Civil Police/MR/IRB Personnel Implemented in Manipur Police Department`.
The notice had said: `Based on an order issued by the Home Department, Government of Manipur, spelling out the new transfer and posting policy, the Manipur Police Department has recently implemented the new policy on `transfer and posting`™ of police personnel of all non-gazetted personnel of civil police, Manipur Rifles battalions and India Reserve Battalions of Manipur Police Department`
This policy in brief said that there will be periodical rotational transfer of all non-gazetted police personnel from valley to hill and vice-versa in accordance with fixed posting tenure.
This means, the notice had explained, that each tenure of posting in the valley area is of 4(four) years while in respect of the hill areas it is of 2(two) years.
It had also further said all directly recruited personnel of different ranks are to be posted after completion of training to any of the hill districts and Jiribam for a minimum period of 2 (two) years. Thereafter, they are to be posted again to one of the hill districts for another 2 (two) years.
The order had further said the same rotational transfer/posting policy of 29two) years in the hills and 4(four) years in the valley is also applicable to all ministerial, medical and non-combatant staff as far as practicable.
However, not long after this order, the Director General of Police, Shahid Ahmad, issued an order on April 7, 2015, (No. E/37/20/2007-PHQ