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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is considering “statutory intervention” successful effect to a Supreme Court ruling to “progressively reduce” the deputation of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers up to the fertile of Inspector General successful Central Armed Police Force (CAPF), according to an affidavit filed by the Ministry successful the Supreme Court.
Statutory involution pertains to enacting a instrumentality connected the contented of IPS deputation to CAPFs and granting Organised Group A Services (OGAS) presumption to CAPF officers.
“In notation to the bid dated 28.10.2025, the contiguous affidavit is being filed by the respondents/contemnors. It is submitted that the Central Government is considering bringing statutory involution successful this regard,” the affidavit, accessed by The Hindu, stated.
The contempt petitions
The affidavit was filed connected February 9 successful effect to a batch of contempt petitions filed against Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan by retired CAPF officers, pursuing the alleged non-implementation of the Supreme Court’s 2025 ruling connected reducing IPS deputation successful the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) successful CAPFs successful the adjacent 2 years. The contempt petitions were filed connected December 3, 6 and 9, 2025.
On May 23, 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that Group A Executive Cadre officers of CAPFs are Organised Group A Services for each purposes. Besides directing to progressively trim the IPS deputation successful CAPFS up to the level of I-Gs successful the adjacent 2 years, the tribunal asked for a time-bound reappraisal of cadre and work rules successful six months. The MHA had filed a reappraisal petition challenging the judgement, but the Supreme Court dismissed it connected October 28, 2025 , making the ruling final.
Next proceeding connected March 10
During the proceeding connected February 10, aft the Additional Solicitor General (ASG) informed the tribunal astir the statutory intervention, a Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan issued a announcement to the Union Home Secretary and listed the substance for further proceeding connected March 10.
Presently, 20% of posts successful the fertile of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) and 50% of posts successful the fertile of Inspector General (IG) successful CAPFs are reserved for IPS officers done an enforcement order. The court’s ruling is expected to importantly trim IPS deputation to CAPFs. Around 13,000 CAPF officers are apt to payment from the judgement starring to faster promotions and overcoming issues of stagnation. The MHA serves arsenic the cadre-controlling authorization for some the IPS and CAPFs.
The SC ruling besides required the MHA to amend the work rules of CAPFs, implicit cadre review, and widen OGAS benefits to CAPF officers wrong six months.
Cadre review
Cadre reappraisal is typically done each 5 years to estimation aboriginal quality resources requirements, program recruitment to debar aboriginal promotional blocks, harmonise the functional needs with the morganatic vocation expectations of its members and heighten the effectiveness of the service. The past cadre reappraisal of CAPFs was done successful 2016.
Following MHA’s November 27, 2025, letter, the DGs of CAPFs constituted interior committees comprising IPS and CAPF officers to finalise the cadre review. However, a CAPF serviceman said the cadre reappraisal was meaningless successful the lack of amended work rules.
The CRPFs see the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the Border Security Force (BSF), the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the Assam Rifles.
