Saturday 31 January 2015

Director General (Special Operations) post created in Maharashtra police to counter terrorism & naxalite menace down graded

After the 26/11 terrorist attack on Mumbai, the state govt constituted a new post headed by a Director General for conducting Special Operations to counter any such further attacks in future and also to tackle the naxalite menace on its eastern border, but it was shocking to know that within 4 months of constitution, the post was down graded to be headed by an Addl Director General rank officer. This downgrading of the post has raised the suspicion of common man on the commitment of the govt towards fighting the serious menace. This information was revealed in a reply to a RTI query filed by RTI Activist Anil Galgali by the DGP Office.

Anil Galgali had filed an RTI query with the DGP office seeking information about the DG (Special Operations) post. In a reply to the query, Dy Asst Inspector General (Addl Charge) Pragya Patil informed that, 26/11 terrorist attack and the ever increasing activity of naxalites on its borders warranted an  need for strengthening the police system, also it was felt that a coordination needed to be established with the Central forces and activities of other border states to counter the ever increasing activities of the naxalite's, a special post of DG ( Special Operations) was created.

# Governmental neglect

Sr Dy Asst Inspector General P K Ghuge informed Galgali that, Shri Jayant Umranikar was appointed as DG (Special Operations)  since creation to 31st December 2009, after which the post was vacant for 57 days. After this the post was down graded to Addl DG, after down grading till now 5 officers of the rank have occupied the post in various terms namely - Sanjeev Dayal ( 26 Feb 2010 to 31 May 2010), S P Gupta ( 27 May 2011 to 25 June 2012) P K Jain ( 26 June 2012 to 28 Feb 2014), Bipin Bihari ( 3rd Nov 2014 onwards till date). Important to note here is that, between Sanjeev Dayal & S P Gupta too the post was vacant for almost 1 year.

# Staff Officer posts never filled

On the query of staff allocation for DG (Special Operations), it was informed to Galgali that, an SP rank officer was approved to be appointed as staff officer in the office of DG (SO), this position was supposed to be filled by the Govt, which has never bothered to appoint till date. As of now a Sr Clerk, a Jr Office Superintendent and 2 Jr Clerk's are functioning as staff in the office.

RTI Activist Anil Galgali has expressed his view that the govt shows promptness in the event of any crisis creation, but eventually loses interest and value of its own decisions, the govt should have given due justice to the post of DG (SO) created with a specific intention and activity, but its own lack of interest will ensure that the result which was expected of the decision will eventually suffer. Galgali has in a letter to CM Devendra Fadnavis has demanded that the post of DG (Special Operations) be restored and capable officer of the rank may be appointed alongwith the staff allocated to the office at the earliest.

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