NEW DELHI: Cabinet Tuesday approved the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, a statutory intervention purportedly aimed at retaining the provision for deputation of IPS officers at the level of inspector general (IG) and deputy inspector general (DIG) in CAPFs.The Bill, likely to be brought before Parliament soon, comes despite last year’s SC order confirming ‘organised services’ (OGAS) status for Group A CAPF officers for all purposes and directing the govt to progressively reduce deputation posts for IPS officers in the senior administrative grade (SAG), up to the rank of IG, in CAPFs. As per the current recruitment rules, 20% of posts at DIG level and 50% at IG level are deputation posts for IPS officers.
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The SC ruling was seen as a potential career boost for around 13,000 CAPF cadre officers, who had complained of discrimination on account of IPS officers occupying the plum DIG and IG level posts.”The CAPF (General Administration) Bill appears a move to negate SC ruling, which being the law of land would have required the govt to free up the DIG and IG level posts for CAPF cadre officers,” a CAPF officer told TOI. Centre had earlier filed a review plea against the verdict, which was dismissed in Oct 2025. However, when the central govt did not implement the ruling, the petitioners filed contempt petitions, which are being heard in court.Significantly, Centre filed an affidavit in SC on Monday seeking a further one year to complete a comprehensive review of existing Group A cadres by CAPFs and submit cadre review proposals to the govt for action in compliance with SC directives. The affidavit said the exercise was long drawn and already underway.
