Reshuffle before polls: DGP office seeks list of Mumbai police officers eligible for transfer

Transfers are apt successful Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar (MBVV) and Navi Mumbai constabulary Commissionerates.

The determination was acceptable successful question by astir 50 constabulary presumption officers who approached Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT) against their transportation alleging that immoderate different officers had not been transferred.

These officers had been transferred past period aft the Election Commission pulled up the Maharashtra authorities connected “partial compliance” of its orders. Clarification was past sought from State Election Commission (SEC) and elder constabulary officers pursuing which SEC wrote to the canvass sheet seeking clarification.

The EC, successful a missive connected Saturday, clarified that irrespective of which territory successful Mumbai an serviceman was posted in, it volition beryllium counted successful their work grounds successful Mumbai police.

As per rules, anyone who has served successful an enforcement station successful 3 of the past 4 years successful a territory has to beryllium transferred earlier elections truthful that they don’t wield power and tamper with the predetermination process.

Based connected the EC letter, the DGP bureau connected Wednesday wrote a missive to Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar (MBVV) seeking a database of officers who acceptable this criterion and sought the database by 6 pm. Sources said that successful Mumbai, astir 250 constabulary presumption officers, immoderate SP, DIG and IG fertile officers excessively whitethorn autumn nether this criterion.

In immoderate commissionerates, transportation orders were already issued by precocious evening by those successful command, sources said.

An authoritative said that the contented present being clarified, the transportation orders are apt to beryllium issued by the different constabulary units arsenic well, failing which they whitethorn onshore successful occupation with EC and MAT.

An authoritative said that portion the authorities cannot transportation retired transfers aft the Model Code of Conduct has been enforced, it tin beryllium done truthful astatine the lawsuit of the EC which is the lawsuit successful Maharashtra.