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As the authorities is each acceptable to present a Bill to modulate the work conditions successful the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) successful the ongoing Budget session, retired CAPF officials questioned the government’s volition demanding that the Bill beryllium enactment up for nationalist consultation.
The Union Cabinet connected March 10 approved the CAPF (General Administration) Bill, 2026, days aft retired CAPF officials filed a contempt petition against Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan for not implementing a May 2025 Supreme Court ruling to progressively trim Indian Police Service (IPS) deputation up to the fertile of Inspector General successful CAPFs and assistance them organised radical stature.
The retired officials, who addressed a property league successful New Delhi connected Friday (March 20, 2026), said that dissimilar the IPS officers, the CAPF officials bash not person a lobby and they cannot beryllium “politically manipulated”.
‘Grievances not heard’
Sanjiv Sood, retired further Director General, Border Security Force (BSF) said: “Our grievances are not heard arsenic our radical are not capable to scope the apical positions successful CAPFs. Despite the SC judgment, the authorities is discriminating america done this Bill.”
Retired BSF serviceman Vikas Chandra stated that they should beryllium consulted earlier the Bill is introduced arsenic they are the stakeholders.
K.K. Sharma, who retired arsenic an IG from Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and has served successful Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab during the peak-militancy years successful mid-1980s to 1990s, said that erstwhile constabulary stations in Punjab utilized to unopen down by 5 p.m. successful Punjab, it was the CRPF which utilized to patrol and supply information to the police.
Though the contents of the Bill are not known yet, CAPF officials are apprehensive that it is being brought successful to negate the apical court’s ruling.
They said an serviceman who joins astatine the fertile of an Assistant Commandant does not get a promotion adjacent aft putting successful 16 years of work whereas their counterparts successful the IPS get 3 to 4 promotions during the aforesaid period.
Presently, 20% of posts successful the fertile of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) and 50% of posts successful the fertile of IG successful CAPFs are reserved for IPS officers done an enforcement order. The full spot of CAPFs is astir 10 lakh, which includes 13,000 Group A cadre officers. Recently, Parliament was informed that determination are astir 93,000 vacancies successful each ranks successful CAPFs.
On May 23, 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that Group A Executive Cadre officers of CAPFs are Organised Group A Services (OGAS) for each purposes. Besides progressively reducing the IPS deputation successful CAPFs up to the level of IGs successful the adjacent 2 years, the tribunal asked for a time-bound reappraisal of cadre and work rules successful six months. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) challenged the judgement but connected October 28, 2025 the apex tribunal dismissed the reappraisal petition, making the ruling final. The MHA is the cadre-controlling authorization of some CAPFs and IPS.
