Sanjay Prakash vs Union Of India 2025 INSC 779 - CAPF - Cadre Review
CAPFs - Directions Issued - 1. Let the cadre review in all the CAPFs which was due in the year 2021 be carried out within a period of six months from today. 2. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India shall give effect to the DoPT OM dated 12.07.2019 and undertake the exercise for review of the existing service rules/recruitment rules of each of the CAPFs. While carrying out the aforesaid exercise, representative of the cadre officers of each of the CAPFs shall be given an opportunity of being heard. 3. Let the above exercise pertaining to review of existing service rules/recruitment rules of each of the CAPFs be carried out and completed within a period of six months from today. 4. DoPT shall take appropriate decision after receipt of action taken report(s) from the Ministry of Home Affairs regarding cadre review and review of existing service rules/recruitment rules within a period of three months from the date of receipt of such report(s). 5. Keeping in mind the twin objectives of service mobility of the cadre officers of CAPF thereby removing stagnation on the one hand and the operational/functional requirement of the forces on the other hand, we are of the view that the number of posts earmarked for deputation in the cadres of the CAPFs upto the level of Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) should be progressively reduced over a period of time, say within an outer limit of two years. 6. This will bring in a sense of participation of the cadre officers belonging to the CAPFs in the decision making process within the administrative framework of the CAPFs thereby removing the long standing grievances of the cadre officers. (Para 45)
