Promotional Avenues

Reproduced below is a post on WIC dt 18/7/09 from one Bhaduria

Promotional avenues for CPO cadre officers enhanced?

(i) A couple of days ago I read the euphoric comments of some BSF officers about promotion of the first cadre officer to the rank of additional DG and enhancement of the quota in the rank of IG to 50 percent. The excitement was a bit premature though. The fine prints of both these orders need to be seen.
(ii) The promotion to the rank of Addl DG can take place only if one completes 3 years as IG. This Herculean task is well neigh possible. The average length of service left for a BSF officer has been calculated to be just one year after he becomes an IG. This is a matter of record which is verifiable. So Gaur becomes Additional DG and retires after 20 days on July 31st. The next officer has no chance of becoming Additional Director General before end of 2010. So what happens? The vacant posts of will be taken over by IPS lords after they remain vacant for 6 months. After the retirement of Mr Mishra ( who may pick up the rank of Addl DG in Jan 2001) nobody else will make it to this rank for next 5-7 years. This is the state. So there is no need for the cadre officers to be happy. They are subservient and will remain so.

I will deal with the order regarding IGs in my next post

Bhaduria