Overview
- The review petition was dismissed on October 28 by Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan in chambers, with the request for an open-court hearing declined.
- The May 23 judgment recognises CAPFs as Organised Group-A Services for all cadre matters and requires full extension of OGAS benefits, including NFFU and cadre review.
- The Court directed a progressive reduction of IPS deputation up to the Senior Administrative Grade within an outer limit of two years to address promotion stagnation and increase CAPF officers’ participation in decision-making.
- The government must complete the long-pending cadre review across CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF and SSB within six months of the May ruling, with DoPT to decide within three months after receiving MHA’s restructuring and rule-amendment reports.
- The Centre had argued IPS presence was necessary for operational coordination and that uniform rules were impractical, while current CAPF quotas reserve 20% of DIG and 50% of IG posts for IPS officers.