Police await time-scale promotion

LAHORE: Punjab police have yet to implement the Punjab government’s order issued in April 2019 in connection with the time scale promotion to the officers in BS-16 and above who has completed 10 years service to the next higher basic pay scale.

The Punjab government allowed time scale promotion to the officers/officials in BS-16 and above twice in their entire service. The officers in BS-16 and above having stagnant posts may also be allowed time scale promotion on completion of 10 years’ satisfactory service twice in their entire service.

The officers/officials who have served for more than 10 years in the same scale even if they have opportunity of promotion, but they are not promoted due to a few number of posts in the upper tier may be upgraded to next scale as personal to them as one time dispensation, subject to the condition that they possess good/satisfactory service record. The time scale promotion is allowed without DPC, notification says. Ironically, the Punjab police hierarchy is reluctant to implement the orders of the Punjab government while most of the departments implemented the order. SHOs are not being accommodated because DPOs cannot award punishment to them in case of their promotion, a senior police officer explaine

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