would also eliminate chances of any unnecessary litigation in courts of law.
It has also been pointed out that ASP promotion boards are normally delayed even after completion of their five years mandatory service and other pr-requisites to the advantage of encadred provincial police officers who ultimately stand senior to directly recruited PSP officers for all time to come. Therefore, it is paramount that shortage in 60% share of PSP officers be made good through promotion, the NPB stated.
The NPB has also requested the Establishment Division that in order to meet shortage in the PSP, fresh ASPs should be recruited on priority basis otherwise in future the balance of share of PSP will tilt in favour of encadred officers.
Presently, 93 posts of ASPs are vacant and this shortage will further enhance as and when promotion of PSP officers are made according to their share, the NPB pointed out.
Similarly, due to overall shortage of PSP officers, 54 posts of police officer in organizations like FIA, IB and FC are vacant. As a result, the share of PSP officers in such organizations is reducing as officers from these organizations are being posted against quota reserved for PSP officers, document said.
The NPB has also pointed out that sanctioned strength in BS-17 of PSP officers as compared to DSPs was too small and had not been revised since long in spite of the expansion of police forces. Even today existing sanctioned strength of ASPs was short of officers due to lack of planned recruitment through the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) over the years, a letter addressed to the Establishment Division said.
According to the figures given by the NPB in Punjab and Sindh provinces ASPs got just eight percent share in the posting in grade 17. In KP, ASPs share is 7.6 percent, in Balochistan just 1.7 percent and in Islamabad this share stands at 16.3 percent. In the light of these figures, it has been proposed that the share of PSP officers means ASPs should be increased to at least 25 percent.
Pointing out litigation between the PSP and encadrement officers, the Establishment Division has been requested to implement the decision of SC against antedated seniority of encadred officers in civil appeals No 1122, 1123 of 2011 and 1343 of 2014 before the proposed encadrement to avoid further litigation.