Indian Police Service (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955

The appellant S.B. Dogra, a former Indian Army officer, was appointed to the Himachal Pradesh Police Service under the Demobilised Armed Forces Personnel (Reservation of Vacancies) Rules, 1972 and was given seniority based on a notional entry date of 1964 as per Rule 5(1). Respondent D.S. Amist challenged this seniorit…

Hiranyalal Dev, an Assam Police Service officer, was omitted from the 1983 select list for promotion to the Indian Police Service while two junior officers were selected. He challenged the decision, alleging that the Selection Committee had relied on adverse remarks in his Confidential Character Rolls that were never c…

Uma Charan, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, was promoted to Superintendent under the Indian Police Service (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955. In September 1963 the Selection Committee, invoking Regulation 5, superseded him and 27 others, stating only that their records were not sufficient to justify appoi…

V.C. Perumal, a directly recruited police officer, challenged the year his name was placed on the select list for promotion to the Indian Police Service, arguing it should have been in the 1977 list rather than the 1978 list. The Court examined Regulation 5 of the IPS (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955, which…

The case concerned officers of the Orissa State Police Service who were placed on the 1982 Select List for promotion to the Indian Police Service (IPS) but were not appointed and were omitted from the 1983 Select List. They challenged the 1983 list and the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) held that officers on the…

The case concerned V.K. Ahluwalia, a former Deputy Superintendent of Police who had been appointed Superintendent of Police (a cadre post) before being inducted into the Indian Police Service (IPS). He claimed that his year of allotment in the IPS should be fixed as 1961, reflecting his continuous officiation in a cadr…

The case concerned the promotion of a police officer (Respondent No.5) to the IPS cadre while a criminal case against him was pending. A charge‑sheet had been filed on 1 July 2000, and the Government of India placed his name provisionally on the select list, subject to clearance of the case. The officer obtained a favo…

The case concerned a police officer (respondent No.4) who was appointed Deputy Superintendent of Police in 1979, confirmed in 1987 and promoted to the IPS in 1991 with a year of allotment recorded as 1987. He later sought to have his year of allotment back‑dated to 1984, claiming eligibility for promotion vacancies in …

A.K. Choudhary, a Deputy Superintendent of Police in Bihar, sought promotion to the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre. The Selection Committee excluded him in 1976, relying on adverse entries in his confidential roll for 1973-74 and 1974-75, which were communicated to him only after the decision and later expunged by t…

Mohan Singh Rathore, a Rajasthan State Police Service officer, was placed on the select list for promotion to the Indian Police Service (IPS) and his name was approved by the UPSC. The State Government failed to issue the mandatory "no deterioration certificate" before his retirement on 31 May 1988, and consequently hi…

P. Sivanandi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police recruited in 1985, was considered for promotion to the Indian Police Service in 1994‑95. His Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs) for 1992‑93 were initially missing but later found, and the ACR for the period 01‑Apr‑1993 to 15‑Jul‑1993 was written after the prescribed time …