ASP promotion shortly

by Jayampathy Jayasinghe

The National Police Commission (NPC) will soon call for applications from Chief Inspectors of Police who are confirmed in their posts with five years service to be selected as Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs), NPC sources told the 'Sunday Observer'.

The number of Chief Inspectors who will be summoned for interviews with regard to merit promotions will be five times the number of vacancies available in the cadre. Where Merit Promotions are concerned there will only be a Viva Voce for candidates who will be exempted from a written examination. The promotions will be made on 50 percent seniority and 50 percent merit basis.

One of the prerequisites is to have an unblemished record of service for eligibility for promotions. Fifty percent of the vacancies for ASPs will be filled from the Chief Inspectorate. However, where limited competition is concerned, 25 percent of the ASP vacancies will be filled from graduate Chief Inspectors with ten years service. They will be required to sit for a written examination and also to face a Viva Voce.

Meanwhile, a batch of direct ASPs will be recruited after they sit the competitive examination conducted by the Examinations Department.