KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet on Thursday discussed and decided recruitment rules to create police cadre in the provincial service.

The provincial government, which had earlier gone into a deadlock with the federal government over appointment and transfer of PSP officers, in the meantime drafted recruitment rules for senior officers, from superintendent of police (BS-18) to additional IGP (BS-21).

The meeting, held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, was attended by all provincial ministers, advisers, special assistants, acting chief secretary and other relevant officers.

The home department suggested that the appointment against the posts of senior ranks below the rank of IG should be made in accordance with the respective recruitment rules made under the Sindh Civil Servants Act, 1973.

Search Committee Act, 2021 for VCs, varsity officers also approved

The proposed recruitment rules for different posts from grades BS-18 to BS-21 are: AIGP (BS-21); by promotion from amongst DIGs (BS-20) having a minimum of 22-year service in BS-17 and above including three years in BS-20, on seniority-cum-fitness basis, DIG (BS-20) by promotion from amongst the SSPs/AIGs (BS-19) having a minimum of 17-year service in BS-17 and above, including three years in BS-19, on seniority-cum-fitness basis; SSP/AIG (BS-19) by promotion from amongst the SSPs (BS-18) having a minimum of 12-year service in grade BS-17 and above, including three years in BS-18, on a seniority-cum-fitness basis, SP/ADIGP (BS-18) by promotion from amongst the DSPs (BS-17) having at least five -year service as such on seniority-cum-fitness basis; and SP/ADIG (legal-BS-19) by promotion from amongst the DSPs (BS-17) having at least five-year service as such on seniority-cum-fitness basis.

The cabinet was told that the Constitution and the PSP Rules 1985 did not bar the provincial government from making the subject recruitment rules nor do they suggest any concurrence from the federal government.

The cabinet was also informed that the legislative competence of ‘police’ had been declared to be in “exclusive provincial domain” by the High Court of Sindh on Sept 17, 2016 and the same attained finality at the Supreme Court.

According to the proposal, after notifying the proposed rules, the eligible officers would be posted on their respective ranks.

Search Committee Act

The provincial cabinet discussed and approved Search Committee Act, 2021 for appointment of vice chancellors and other officers in the public sector universities.

The committee comprising Sindh HEC chairman, secretary college education and others wo­uld prescribe recruitment criteria for vice chancellor, scrutinise and shortlist the application in the light of eligibility criteria, hold interviews of shortlisted candidates and recommend a panel of three most suitable candidates to the CM for final selection.

The cabinet referred the bill to the assembly after its approval.

Hiring of 1,500 internees

The cabinet decided to hire need-based intern teachers in public schools due to a shortage.

A stipend amounting to Rs50,000 per month would be allowed, subject to satisfactory performance.

The interns would not be regularised or appointed on a contractual/ad-hoc basis.

Incentives for EVs

A sub-committee recommended Rs1,000 registration fee for non-commercial electric vehicles (EVs) for two years as the excise & taxation department estimated that during the next five years, 100,000 electric vehicles, 500,000 two-/three-wheelers, 1,000 buses and 1,000 trucks would be plying in the country.

Published in Dawn, December 31st, 2021