Four PCS officers promoted to IAS rank
The appointments, made under the provisions of the IAS (Recruitment) Rules, 1954, and IAS (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955, will be on probation until further orders.
These are subject to the outcome of pending cases before the Punjab and Haryana high court and the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Chandigarh Bench.
9 PPS officers elevated to IPS
At least nine Punjab Police Service (PPS) officers have also been promoted to the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre.
The list of promoted officers includes Mandhir Singh, Snehdeep Sharma, Sandeep Goel, Jasdev Singh Sidhu, Sandeep Kumar Sharma, Gurpreet Singh, Rupinder Singh, Sarabjit Singh and Harpreet Singh Jaggi.
The promoted officers on Tuesday called on Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, who congratulated them on their well-deserved elevation. The chief minister praised their dedication and service to the state, expressing confidence that they would continue to uphold the highest standards of policing.
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