Punjab Government promotes eight IPS officers of 1997 batch to the ADGP rank including who was retiring on the same day

New Delhi, February 1

The Punjab government promoted eight Inspector General rank officers from the 1997 batch as Additional Directors General of Police (ADGP).

Interestingly, the promotees also include officer Jatinder Singh Aulakh who was to retire on January 31. .

Aulakh was heading the intelligence wing of Punjab Police and looking after the work of ADGP (Intelligence). Aulakh is probably the first officer to receive a promotion on the day of his retirement.

The other officers promoted in the rank of ADGP are Pavan Kumar Rai (on central deputation), Naunihal Singh, Arun Pal Singh, Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal, Gurinder Singh Dhillon, Mohnish Chawla, Surinderpal Singh Parmar.

As per the official orders of the Punjab Home department, the promotion of Dhillon, Chawla, Parmar and Aulakh would be subject to review of select list/re-determination of seniority/re-assignment of year of allotment of IPS officer by MHA, if any.

The order added that actual financial benefits to these four officers relating to rank of ADGP would accrue only after review of the select list/re-determination of seniority/re-assignment of year of allotment.

In another order, two DIG rank Punjab cadre IPS officers of 2004 batch Baljot Singh Rathore and Gurpreet Singh Bhullar were promoted in the rank of IG. Two SSP-rank officers Opinderjit Singh Ghuman and H S Bhullar have been promoted to the rank of DIG. Incidentally, Ghuman too got promotion on his retirement day.