The Union government is actively considering a proposal for Telangana IPS cadre review. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed Lok Sabha about it, on Tuesday, in a reply to a question raised by Congress MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy. The minister, however, declined to give any definite timeframe for it.
The Telangana government had sent proposals for cadre review requesting the Centre to increase the cadre strength from 136 to 168 much earlier. But, the Centre has been sitting on it, despite Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s repeated reminders to the Centre on January 4, July 7 and October 7 this year to consider the cadre review proposal soon.
The cadre review for the state has been due since 2021 and the last review of Telangana cadre was done in 2016 when the strength of IPS officers was increased from 106 to 139.
According to the Indian Police Service (Cadre) Rules 1954, the Union government is empowered to re-examine the strength and composition of each such cadre in consultation with the state government concerned, ordinarily at the interval of every five years, and may make such alterations therein as it deems fit.
