Chandigarh (22.05.2026): The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has approved promotion of 21 Haryana Police Service (HPS) officers to the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre. The new induction covers vacancies spanning from 2020 to 2025 which includes former Indian women's hockey captain Mamta Kharb.
The two officers -- Sumer Singh and Tanya Singh – have been granted provisional promotions which are subject to clearance in pending disciplinary proceedings. In case of Tanya Singh, it is both departmental as well as criminal proceedings. Four of the officers promoted — Suresh Kumar, Virender Singh, Krishan Kumar, and Raj Kumar Walia — had already retired from the HPS. Since the retirement of IPS is 60 years in comparison to 58 of HPS, they are now eligible to join again.
A total 29 names of HPS officers were sent to the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC), out of which 21 officers’ names got the approval.
Year-wise Selection Lists of Officers
Selection List for 2020:
Rajeev Deshwal, Sumer Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Suresh Kumar, and Virender Singh.
Selection List for 2021:
Sumer Singh, Krishan Kumar, Dharambir Singh, Baljinder Singh, and Jaibir Singh.
Selection List for 2022:
Sumer Singh, Dhyan Singh Punia, Rajkumar Walia, Tahir Hussain, and Rajesh Kumar.
Selection List for 2023:
Sumer Singh and Ravinder Kumar.
Selection List for 2024:
Sumer Singh, Narinder Singh, Vijay Singh, and Siddharth Dhanda.
Selection List for 2025:
Mamta Kharab, Tanya Singh, Karan Goyal, and Sandeep Kumar.
