The DGP on Saturday issued an order inviting eligible constables in the general category to appear in an examination after a gap of 18 years for their promotion as ASIs.
As per the prevailing Odisha Police Manual Rules (PMR)-660, the Constables belonging to the general category who have completed seven years of service after passing Constable basic course of training as on January 1, 2017, are eligible to attend the written examination for the vacant ASI posts.
The last examination for promotion of Constables to ASIs in the general category was held in the year 2002.“It was noticed that the provisions stipulated in PMR-660 governing procedure of appointment of Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police was not comprehensive and having lot of ambiguity regarding the date from which the eligibility criteria shall be counted, regarding selection procedure, validity of select list of candidates who have passed the examination etc.
These shortcomings in the PMR-660 were leading to lot of litigation and causing administrative inconvenience in holding written examination for promotion to the rank of officiating ASI,” the order stated.
A proposal suggesting amendment of PMR-660 was submitted to the Home Department in February 2018 to have a comprehensive recruitment rule for selection of eligible Constables for promotion to as ASIs.
The Government has enumerated the selection process removing the previous ambiguities.
