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The Central Armed Forces (General Administration) Bill is apt to beryllium introduced successful the ongoing Budget league of Parliament, a elder authorities authoritative told The Hindu.
The Bill intends to codify the functioning of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and is successful effect to a May 2025 Supreme Court ruling that asked the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to “progressively reduce” the deputation of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers up to the fertile of Inspector General successful CAPFs successful the adjacent 2 years.
The Bill received the Union Cabinet’s support connected March 10.
The Hindu reported archetypal connected February 14 that MHA is considering “statutory intervention” successful effect to the Supreme Court order, which besides ruled granting Organised Group A Services (OGAS) presumption to the CAPF officers. The tribunal besides asked for a time-bound reappraisal of cadre and framing of work rules successful six months. The MHA had filed a reappraisal petition challenging the judgment, but the Supreme Court dismissed it connected October 28, 2025, making the ruling final.
On March 9, the MHA filed an exertion successful the apical tribunal seeking modification oregon hold successful timeline by 1 much twelvemonth to “complete the requisite procedural and statutory formalities successful a broad manner”. The Bill was presented earlier the Cabinet the pursuing day.
The Ministry said that “the cadre review, which is simply a broad and multi-layered process, requires introspection astatine assorted levels of the government...and support of the Cabinet”. It added that lone aft the cadre spot is reviewed for which the process started connected December 26, 2025, tin the work rules beryllium amended.
The Ministry further said it is “actively examining the substance and is besides considering the request of due statutory and regulatory intervention, wherever necessary, successful accordance with law”.
“The substance involves policy, fiscal and structural implications having semipermanent administrative consequences, and truthful requires cautious and owed information astatine each stage,” the exertion said.
Several retired CAPF officials person filed contempt petitions successful the Supreme Court against Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan for not complying with its order.
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 successful service. The MHA serves arsenic the cadre-controlling authorization for some the IPS and CAPFs.
H.R. Singh, president, Alliance of All Ex-Paramilitary Forces Welfare Associations said the Bill has been drafted to nullify the Supreme Court’s judgment. “We powerfully condemn this one-sided measurement of the authorities and petition the Prime Minister and Home Minister to person a dialog with each stakeholders. After a prolonged ineligible battle, specified a Bill volition beryllium precise demoralising and demeaning. CAPF cadre officers decidedly merit a just woody astatine the hands of the authorities aft warring terrorism, insurgency and Naxal unit passim their challenging careers,” Mr. Singh said.
