The Bill, likely to be brought before Parliament soon, comes despite the Supreme Court ruling of last year, confirming 'organised services' (OGAS) status for group A CAPF officers for all purposes and directing the govt to progressively reduce deputation posts of IPS officers in the senior administrative grade (SAG) up to the rank of IG in CAPFs.

As per the current recruitment rules for CAPFs, 20% of the posts at DIG level and 50% at the IG level are deputation posts for IPS officers. The SC ruling was seen as a potential career boost for around 13,000 CAPF cadre officers, who had been complaining of discrimination on account of IPS officers occupying the plum DIG and IG level posts.

Interestingly, the Centre had filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking a further time period of one year for completion of a comprehensive review for existing Group A cadres by the CAPFs and submission of cadre review proposals to govt for action in compliance with SC directions.