Stop airing grievances online, Himachal police constables told

Tribune News Service

Shimla, December 3

Himachal Police today issued an advisory to constables, asking them to communicate their grievances by written representation to the state government through police headquarters and refrain from making comments on the social media.

The advisory directed all the unit heads to maintain discipline and asked the constables to go about their routine in a normal manner and consume food in the mess.

The Himachal Police constables of 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019 batches, demanding reduction in period of granting pay scale from eight to two years, had stopped taking meal in the police mess and recorded it in roznamcha (daily police diary) besides airing their grievances in social media through #justiceforhppolice.

The constables were aggrieved by the decision of the government to extend the period of grant of pay scale from two to eight years and their repeated pleas to grant the pay scales as per the 2013 policy had gone unheeded. There are 5,700 affected constables.

The constables appointed in 2013 in the pay scale of Rs 5,910+1,900 were released 10,300+3,200 pay scales after two years. However, for those recruited in 2015, this period was increased to eight years. They lamented it was discriminatory and unjustified.

Now the families of these constables are coming forward to raise the issue and seek justice for the constables.

Showing resentment

The Himachal Police constables of 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019 batches, demanding reduction in period of granting pay scale from eight to two years, had stopped taking meal in the police mess and recorded it in ‘roznamcha’ (daily police diary) besides airing their grievances in social media through #justiceforhppolice.