Haryana clears decks for appointment of 1,500 SPOs

Exconstables of HSISF and HAP, who have not been dismissed from service due to indiscipline, misconduct or medical unfitness, will be eligible

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana cabinet on Thursday decided to engage 1,500 special police officers (SPOs) in all districts on contractual basis for a year.

The officers will be engaged from ex-constables of the disbanded Haryana State Industrial Security Forces (HSISF) and Haryana Armed Police (HAP), recruited in 2004, whose selection was quashed. The cabinet also approved to engage 400 ex-army and ex-paramilitary personnel on contractual basis as jail wardens. An official spokesperson said the decision was taken to meet “acute shortage” of police personnel. Ex-constables of HSISF and HAP, who are between 25 and 50 of age, and have not been removed or dismissed from service due to indiscipline, misconduct or medical unfitness, will be eligible.

They will be paid a monthly honorarium of ₹14,000, which will be credited directly to their bank accounts.

No written examination and physical test will be conducted for the recruitment. The selection will be made through an interview by a board that will be headed by district superintendent of police.

These SPOs will not be posted in their home police stations, and care will be taken to post them in adjoining police stations near their residence.

Also, those interested could be posted in other districts. At the time of recruitment, they will be given a one-time uniform allowance of ₹3,000 for two sets of uniform, one pair of shoes and other necessary uniform articles like shoulder insignia of SPO and a cap.

Tjose recruited will also be given ₹150 as travelling allowance (TA) and dearness allowance (DA) for their official tours. They will be eligible to get casual leave as applicable to constables of the Haryana police.

They will also be eligible for ex-gratia compensation amount of ₹10 lakh in case of death while performing duty, ₹1 lakh to ₹3 lakh in case of permanent disability and ₹1 lakh in case of severe injury.

EXCONSTABLES OF THE DISBANDED HARYANA STATE INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORCES AND HARYANA ARMED POLICE WILL BE APPOINTED AS SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS