The seniority rule governing the pay of the top 11 IPS officers serving as Director Generals (DGs) at the Centre has recently been made flexible.

As per MHA notification, for DGs in nine out of 13 posts in central police organisations and paramilitary forces, apex pay scales in levels 17 or 16 would be decided by the ACC. The apex pay scale is granted to secretaries and DGs from various services. It has two levels. At level 17, an officer gets ₹2.25 lakh per month excluding allowances. Pay at level 16 ranges from ₹ 205,400 to ₹224,400 excluding allowances which means the existing pay rules allowed the government to choose 11 senior-most IPS officers empanelled as DGs for the apex pay scale in 15 organisations.