Voicing for constables & head constables of Meghalaya Police, JSM demands revival of ASI posts

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMarch 22, 2021

Championing the cause of the hundreds of constables and head constables in the Meghalaya Police Department, the Jaintia Students Movement demanded the revival of the Post of Assistant Sub Inspector (UB) to ensure promotional justice to the dedicated and sincere police personnel failing which they will resort to drastic actions.

In a memorandum to the Chief Minister, Meghalaya, the Jaintia Students Movement said that it has been observed that in most Outpost or Beat House of the Meghalaya Police there is posting of only one Sub Inspector or at utmost two Sub Inspectors where he or she has vast area of jurisdiction to cover in order to ensure maintenance of law and order and attending to usual police works as to ensure a crime free Meghalaya.

Presently, the Outpost or Beat House of Meghalaya Police is manned by one Sub Inspector or two Sub Inspectors with one head constable and some constables and it become humanly impossible for the Sub Inspector to do justice to his or her works as he or she has to attend to call of duty and file works and attending trials, the memorandum informed.

The Jaintia Students Movement lamented that unlike other States Police department, the Meghalaya Police Department is perhaps the only police department in India which does not have the post of Assistant Sub Inspector (UB) as it was abolished by the Meghalaya Government around fifteen years ago.

The Outpost or the Beat House of Meghalaya Police will be run properly and be able to serve the people of the State in better way if the Sub Inspector is assisted by an Assistant Sub Inspector (UB) like in other States, they asserted.

According to memorandum, the students’ body maintained that many of our sisters and brothers working in the Meghalaya Police Department have to retired only in the rank of Head Constables as they cannot get promotion to the rank of Sub Inspector as due to the absence of post of Assistant Sub Inspector (UB) thereby depriving them of financial benefits.

The Jaintia Students Movement informed that it is also evident from the report of Shri I.T.Longkumer, IPS ( Retired) Chairman Committee on Police Reforms which stated as below:

“The Government of Meghalaya has abolished the posts of Assistant Sub-Inspectors of Police. Induction of more Sis is expected to give the State Police more manpower in carrying out as far as normal policing is concerned. We acknowledge the fact that abolish of post of ASI has taken away one promotional avenue for the Constabulary.”