Provincial Police Service
Service overview | |
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Also known as | Uttar Pradesh Police Service |
Current cadre strength | 1310 members (807 officers directly recruited by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission and 503 officers promoted from the rank of inspector)[1] |
Selection | State Civil Services Examination |
Association | Uttar Pradesh PPS Association |
Head of the State Civil Services | |
Chief Secretary | Dr. Anup Chandra Pandey, IAS[2][3][4] |
Additional Chief Secretary (Home) | Awanish Awasthi, IAS |
Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police | Mukul Goyal, IPS |
Provincial Police Service (IAST: Prāntīya Pulisa Sevā), often abbreviated to as PPS, is the state civil service for policing of Uttar Pradesh Police comprising Group A and Group B posts. It is also the feeder service for Indian Police Service in the state.[5]
PPS officers hold various posts at the circle, district, range, zonal and state levels to maintain order, enforce the law and to prevent and detect crime. The
Responsibilities of a PPS officer
The typical functions performed by a PPS officer are:
- To fulfil duties based on border responsibilities, in the areas of maintenance of public peace and order, crime prevention, investigation, and detection, collection of intelligence, bio-diversity and protection of environmental lawsetc.
- Leading and commanding the State Vigilance Establishment, Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID), State Intelligence Bureau etc under the supervision of officers senior to them.
- Leading and commanding the UP-PAC, State Special Task Force (UP-STF) etc. under the supervision of police officers senior to them.
- To interact and coordinate closely with the members of other state civil services in the matters regarding policing.
- To lead and serviceto the people.
- Endeavour to inculcate in the servethe people better.
- Inculcate integrity of the highest order, sensitivity to aspirations of people in a fast-changing social and economic milieu, respect for human rights, the broad liberal perspective of law and justice and high standard of professionalism.
Career progression
Post the completion of his or her training, a PPS officer, in the rank of
Recently, Lucknow City, Gautam Budh Nagar (Noida), Kanpur Nagar and Varanasi became police commissionerates. PPS officers at DSP rank are posted as ACP (Assistant Commissioner of Police) and at SP rank are posted as ADCP (Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police).
At the zonal level, a PPS officer is posted as the staff officer of the concerned additional director general of police heading the zone which is of Addl. SP rank. Before 2017, they were posted as staff officer to IG police zone but now ADG ranked officers are posted in zones. PPS officers of the rank of SP are also posted as sector officers in the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department. PPS officers are also attached to DGP Headquarters as Addl. SP and Dy. SP. They are also posted in State Police Recruitment and Promotion Boards, Anti Terrorist Squad, Special Task Force, Special Investigation Team, State Vigilance Establishment, Economic Offences Wing HQ etc.[5]
PPS officers also serve as second-in-command and deputy commandants (at SP rank) and assistant commandants (at Dy. SP rank) in the Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary, Uttar Pradesh's state armed police force. On deputation, a PPS officer can be sent to one of the various constitutional bodies, agencies and state public sector enterprises, such as the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited, electricity distribution boards, Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission, Uttar Pradesh Disaster Response Force etc. in capacity of SP and Dy. SP. Some PPS officers have also go to work for central government agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate and the National Investigation Agency.[5]
After completion of two decades of service, PPS officers directly recruited by Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) get promoted to the Indian Police Service, after confirmation by the Ministry of Home Affairs of Government of India and the Union Public Service Commission. One-third of the total IPS strength in Uttar Pradesh is reserved for PPS officers (SPS quota).[6]
Salary structure
Most of the directly recruited PPS officers get promoted to the IPS after getting grade pay of level 13 or 13A. Those who don't get promotion to IPS get classified as 'superseded' and get the grade pay of level 14.[7]
Major concerns and reforms
Promotion to IPS
According to the Indian Police Service (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955, PPS officers are eligible for promotion to IPS after completion of eight years of service.[8] But in reality, officers are generally promoted to the IPS after two and half decades in service. Unlike their counterparts in PCS who get promoted to IAS almost ten years early.[9]
Demand for SP level postings while in PPS
PPS Association has repeatedly demanded to post its officers in Pay Level 13A and 14 grade at Superintendent of Police and equivalent rank instead of Additional Superintendent of Police and equivalent rank. Such postings are given to state police service officers in states like Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha etc.
Political influence
Directly recruited IPS officers often complain that promotee PPS officers are given preference in field postings due to their close proximity to politicians which they form in two decades of their service. Since the state government was often ruled by regional parties, many politicians allegedly fix 'their men' on important inspector general and deputy inspector general rank positions. Currently 32 out of 75 district SSPs and SPs are promotee IPS officers, including the SSP of Kanpur Nagar, which has the largest district police force in the state. In addition six deputy inspectors general heading range headquarters are promotee IPS officers.
See also
- Provincial Finance and Accounts Service (Uttar Pradesh)
- Provincial Rural Development Service (Uttar Pradesh)
- Provincial Secretariat Service (Uttar Pradesh)
- Provincial Transport Service (Uttar Pradesh)
References
- ^ "2017 Total Cadre strength of PPS as in December 2017" (PDF). Department of Home and Confidential, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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- ^ "Anup Chandra Pandey took over as the new Chief Secretary of UP". The Pioneer. Lucknow: Chandan Mitra. Pioneer News Service. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ "Anup Chandra Pandey takes charge as new Chief Secretary of UP". United News of India. Lucknow. United News of India. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ a b c "61 PPS officers promoted to IPS". WebIndia123. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh Police Service Rules, 2016" (PDF). Department of Home and Confidential. Government of Uttar Pradesh. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ https://www.bhaskar.com/amp/local/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/news/the-wait-for-promotion-is-so-long-that-they-retire-now-boys-are-choosing-pcs-instead-of-pps-131711501.html