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Top cops fail to declare assets-Vishwa Mohan


The government's attempt to bring transparency in top bureaucracy does not seem to be working with the elite Indian Police Service (IPS) officers. Almost one-fifth of them failed to declare details of their immovable property before expiry of the deadline on Monday, despite repeated reminders issued by the home ministry. 

The revised list of officers, who did not submit their Annual Immovable Property Return (AIPR) for the year 2011 by June 18, shows that 677 out of the total 3,393 IPS officers in the country have not acted upon the Centre's missive. 

"As a result, these officers will not only be denied vigilance clearance for promotion and empanelment for central posting, but also not be considered for Service Medals for this year's Independence Day," a top home ministry official said. 

He said it was strange that the repeated reminders and warnings failed to move those IPS officers who knew the repercussion of not filing their AIPRs. 

The maximum 200 out of these 677 IPS officers belong to Uttar Pradesh cadre followed by 79 of Karnataka, 31 of Jharkhand, 27 of Andhra Pradesh, 23 each of Maharashtra and Punjab, 22 each of Bihar and Rajasthan, 21 of Jammu & Kashmir, 20 of Himachal Pradesh, 18 each of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, 17 of West Bengal, 14 of Madhya Pradesh, 13 of Haryana and 11 each of Kerala and Odisha cadres among others. 

Though it is possible that some of them might have submitted the immovable property details to their respective home departments in states, the same has not reached the home ministry which is the cadre controlling authority of IPS officers in the country. 

Asking IPS officers to adhere to the June 18 deadline, the home ministry had made it clear that those who failed to do it would not be recommended for the award of President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service and Police Medal for Meritorious Service on the occasion of Independence Day this year. 

Issuing the last reminders on June 6, the ministry in its note to home secretaries and police chiefs of all states/UTs and director generals of all central police organizations had said, "In the absence of AIPR for the year 2011, vigilance clearance will not be granted and thus the IPS officers will not be considered for Service Medals for Independence Day, 2012." 

The ministry had issued similar notes twice in the past but to no avail. 

The first such deadline for filing the AIPR for the year 2011 was on January 31. Issuing this deadline much in advance, the ministry had said that unless the property returns were received by the central government, the records would not be complete and the central government had no option but to assume that the property return(s) had not been submitted.