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CHAPTER 11

Rewards and Awards

General:

194. Recognition of good work and reward gives the best satisfaction to an Officer apart from providing a motive force for greater achievement. The rewards, awards and incentives as mentioned herein are granted to police personnel of all ranks, to recognize good work, devotion to duty, good record, exceptional courage and outstanding achievement or contribution to police service.

1-A. Commendation letters and Certificates

B. Good service and Meritorious Service Entries

C. Rewards in cash or kind to police personnel, (gazetted or non-gazetted), technical or non-technical and private individuals;

D. Medals with prior approval of Government to Police personnel and in some cases to private individuals;

E. Accelerated promotions, advance increments by the Government;

Commendation Letter

2. Letters of Commendation from the Government and the DGP and the Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City, for any specific good work done or task carried out may be sent to any Police Officer in the State. These letters are to be issued where no other reward or award has been given to the Officer concerned for the same work or task and should specify the task or good work for which the letter is being issued. The letter may be in a D.O. form addressed to the Officer by name. The Commendation letters may be issued on the basis of information which the DGP or the Government receive. A copy of the D.O. letter should be filed in the ACR file of the Officer. In respect of Police Officers for whom ACRs are not maintained an entry to the effect should be made in the Service Book of the concerned Officer.

Grant of Certificates and letters of thanks

3. Collectors and SPs are permitted to issue formal proceedings conveying their thanks to public servants or private persons for the services rendered, and such proceedings will be published in the District Gazette. It will generally be sufficient to communicate a copy of these proceedings to the individuals concerned. It is however desirable, that certificates on good quality hand-made paper are issued in acknowledgement of the services rendered. The issue of printed Certificates is prohibited. Good quality hand made paper can be had on application to the Director of Stationery or by local purchase. Police Officers of and above the rank of SP may also grant such certificates wherever the circumstances warrant. No officer lower in rank to that of a Unit Officer i.e., SP should grant such certificates.

Cash Rewards

195-1. Cash reward, within the sanctioning powers of the Officers mentioned in Order 196, may be granted to non-gazetted Police Officers of and below the rank of SIs for service of special merit and skills not being a routine work, such as getting clues and successful interrogation of accused after arrest. Government is the competent authority for sanction of rewards to gazetted officers.

2. All non-gazetted Police Officers may also accept cash rewards offered by the Government.

3. All Police Officers may also accept in the following cases cash rewards offered by :-

A. Private persons or trusts or Companies etc. with prior approval of Government.

B. Courts under section 14 of the AP Gaming Act, under section 80 of the Hyderabad City Police Act and the AP Prohibition Act.

C. The Central Excise & Customs, Narcotics Control Bureau or other Central Government Organizations or departments, and

D. Other States in India.

E. Foreign Police Organizations/Governments with permission of GOI and State Government for investigative assistance and good work in the arrest of wanted offenders.

4. Rewards in connection with cases brought to trial should be granted promptly after conviction. The recommendation roll at every stage is treated as strictly confidential. It should include the sentence passed and observations, if any, made by the Court on the conduct of the police, and narrate the part played by each individual and state the reasons for regarding it as specially meritorious in character.

Rewards - Sanctioning powers of Officers

196-1. Sanctioning powers of money rewards of Officers are given in the Table below.

|S.No. |Name of the Officer |Powers |

|1. |Director General of Police/ Commissioner of |Rs.3000/- with a maximum limit of Rs.1200/- to an individual in any|

| |Police, Hyderabad |one set of circumstances |

|2. |Inspector General/Deputy Inspector General of |Rs.1500/- with a maximum limit of Rs. 750/- to an individual in any|

| |Police of Zones/Ranges/Commissioners of Police |one set of circumstances |

| |(Except Hyderabad) | |

|3 |Superintendent of Police |Rs.750/- with a maximum limit of Rs.450/- to an individual in any |

| | |one set of circumstances |

|4 |Commandants of Andhra Pradesh Special Police |Rs.750/- with a maximum limit of Rs.450/- to an individual, in any|

| |Battalions |one set of circustmances. |

|5 |SDPOs and equivalent Rank of Officers |Rs.375/- with maximum limit to Rs.225/- for any Police Constable or|

| | |Head Constable in any one set of circumstances. |

2. In cases of NDPS Act 1986, Excise Act 1968 and Prohibition Act, 1994 the Police Officers are empowered to sanction rewards to non-gazetted Police Officers in any one set of circumstances up to limits mentioned in the above Table subject to the total amount of reward not exceeding the value of the Narcotics or Psychotropic substances confiscated in the case plus the amount of fine imposed.

3. The grant of reward to any non-gazetted Officers of another department of A.P. or of another State or of the Union and to the informer, who contributed to the seizure of Narcotics or Psychotropic substances in a case, is also permissible, provided that, the head of the department or the Unit Officer, to whom he is subordinate is informed of the grant.

Rewards by other Departments

4-A. Rewards granted to Police Officers by other departments will be sent to the Head of the District or Unit and should be disbursed after the issue of a district or Unit order.

B. Rewards granted to the constabulary by the Collector of Central Excise or the Commissioner of Excise will likewise be sent to the Commissioner of Police or SP for disbursement.

Rewards offered by Foreign Governments

197. Acceptance of any reward either in cash or in kind, present, emolument, or office of any kind from or under any foreign State without the consent of the President is prohibited under the Constitution. When such rewards etc. are offered, the permission of Government of India through the State Government shall be taken in case it is decided to accept the same.

Rewards to private persons

198-1. Rewards to private persons for the apprehension of offenders and for information leading to the discovery of crime may be sanctioned and paid by the under mentioned Officers up to the limit shown against each in any one set of circumstances.

Director-General of Police Rs.500

Commissioner/Inspector General /DIGP Rs.300

District Magistrates Rs.200

Superintendent of Police Rs.150

2. The State Government may, in recognition of any special service rendered to the police or to the criminal administration by a private person, make grant to that person or to his heir or widow, land fit for agricultural purpose not exceeding 5 acres or house site not exceeding 200 sq. meters in urban area or 400 sq. meters in rural area by original him or his heir or widow. Rewards may also be given to the officers of other departments for their help in the apprehension of offenders or for information leading to discovery of crime etc. However before rewards are paid to such Officers, their local departmental superiors should be consulted.

3. In NDPS Act 1986 and AP Excise Act 1968 and Prohibition Act 1994 cases, the Director General is empowered to sanction rewards to private persons in any one set of circumstances up to a limits prescribed, subject to the condition that the total amount of rewards shall not exceed the value of the NDPS confiscated plus the fine amount collected in the particular case. Subject to the same condition, other Gazetted Police Officers may grant rewards to private persons up to the limits prescribed in sub-order (1) above.

Recapture of escaped prisoners and tracing most wanted offenders

199-1. A reward to a Police Officer for the recapture of a prisoner who has escaped from a jail is payable by the Police department after obtaining the views of the Superintendent of the Jail concerned on whether Officers recommended deserve rewards or otherwise. DG Prisons may also grant rewards within his powers. There should not be rewards to same persons by both Police and Prisons department in the same case.

2. Rewards are announced for capture of most wanted offenders to secure their early arrest. The offenders generally are professionals and have the capacity to evade arrest and move not only throughout the State but in the country and abroad. There are sensational offences wherein early capture is necessary to restore public confidence. In such cases the DGP is empowered to announce reward for the arrest to any person who gives information leading to his arrest or who captures him on his own. The amount of reward to be announced should depend on the circumstances of each case and will be at the discretion of the Director General of Police.

For saving life and property and putting out fire etc.

200-1. Rewards for saving life, whether from fire or otherwise, are granted by Collectors. The DGP and other Police Officers are also empowered to sanction rewards to police subordinates for rescuing life and property and putting out fires, subject to limits prescribed in Order 196-1.

2. Those who trace or find lost money or other valuable property on public roads and hand over the same to the Police, may be granted cash rewards by the Police Officers within permissible limits indicated in Order 198-1 above. In the event of the money lost or valuables are restored to the rightful owner and he chooses to grant rewards no further rewards should be granted by the Police Officers. If, however, the property is forfeited to the State the rewards may be granted. No rewards should be granted if the value of the property recovered is less than Rs.1000/-. Rewards granted in terms of this Order should not exceed 25% of the sale value of the property if it does not exceed Rs.5000/- and 10% if it exceeds that amount.

Capture of deserters

201. Rewards are granted by the military authorities for the apprehension of deserters from the Army, but they will not be given in cases where the deserter surrenders or when there is collusion between him and his captor to get reward.

Meritorious and Good Service Entries

202-1. Meritorious Service Entries will be awarded for conspicuous good work meriting special recognition. Inspectors and Reserve Inspectors alone are eligible for these awards which will be made by the IGP (Personnel)/Addl. DGP (Admn.).

2. Good service Entries will be awarded for good detection, display of skill, or any work meriting special recognition. Good Service Entries will be awarded to Head Constables and Constables by the Sub-divisional Officer or an Officer of the corresponding rank and to all other subordinate Police Officers by the Superintendent of Police or an Officer of the corresponding rank

3. Meritorious and Good Service Entries awarded to Inspectors and Reserve Inspectors will be entered in their service books and Good Service Entries awarded to Officers of all ranks will be entered both in their service books or service rolls and small service books. A District or Unit Order should be issued in each case.

The President's Police and Fire Service Medal and the Police Medal

203-1. The President's Police and Fire Services Medal for distinguished service, the Indian Police Medal for meritorious service, and the President’s Medal for gallantry will be awarded to the members of Police forces and Fire Services in consideration of gallantry or meritorious and distinguished services and outstanding devotion to duty. Recommendations for the award of medals for gallantry and other medals should be marked secret and submitted to the Addl. DGP, (Administration)/IGP (Personnel) through the Zonal IG/DIGP or Commissioner of Police as the case may be, immediately after the performance of the acts, which occasions the recommendation. After the cases are scrutinized and processed the Addl. DGP, Administration shall obtain orders of DGP and transmit the rolls to concerned authority. All rolls should be signed by the DGP.

2. In other cases, the awards will be made twice a year on the occasion of the Republic Day (26th January) and the Independence Day (15 August). Recommendations for the awards, which are due with the Government by the 26th September and 15th April, should be marked secret and submitted through the Zonal Inspector-General/DIGP or Commissioner of Police as the case may be, so as to reach the Director General of Police by 10th August and 1st March respectively each year. Full names of the individuals recommended, their rank, the number of years of their service in the Police and full details of their previous good work and of the particular act or acts for which the grant of the medal is recommended, with dates of incidents referred to, should be given. A list of good service entries and rewards earned by each person should accompany the recommendations. It should also be stated whether the nominees have at any time incurred the censure of a Court or have been concerned in proceedings that have been censured by a Court.

3. The rules governing the grant of the two medals mentioned above and of allowances attached to the medals for gallantry issued by the Secretary to the President of India are reproduced as Annexure – 8.

4. When a Police Officer is recommended for the award of the President's Police and Fire Services Medal or the Police Medal in recognition of the services performed by him in a State other than that to which he belongs, the facts of the case should be referred for verification to the Director General of Police of the State concerned and the latter's certificate of verification should be forwarded with the recommendation.

Antrik Suraksha Seva Padak (Internal Security Service Medal)

5. This Medal shall be awarded to police personnel who have rendered / render a minimum of two years service in counter-Insurgency or Internal Security operations w.e.f. 01-01-1989 in the Districts of Warangal, Karimnagar, Khammam, Adilabad, Medak and Nalgonda Districts of A.P. State. Personnel of Greyhounds, Special Intelligence Branch (SIB) and APSP who serve in these areas for more than two years w.e.f. from 01-01-1989 are also entitled for this medal.

Wound Medal (Parakram Padak)

6. This Medal shall be awarded to police personnel who sustained / sustain wounds as a result of direct enemy action in any type of operation or counter-insurgency operation or on internal security operation being under taken in the areas notified by the Government w.e.f. 15-08-1947. The Medal shall not be awarded posthumously.

The Prime Minister's Medal for Life Saving

7. In order to encourage policemen of all ranks to bring help and succour to the afflicted, medals are awarded at the All India Police Duty Meet to policemen who had shown exemplary devotion to duty in saving human life. This medal has been styled and designated as the "Prime Minister's Medal for Life Saving". Sixteen copies of the report of the case to be considered for the award of this medal should be personally signed by the Director General and Inspector General of Police and sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India through the State Government soon after the event takes place. In some cases, the act of life saving done may entitle the Policemen concerned to a gallantry medal. In such cases, while sending the recommendation for the Prime Minister's medal, the DGP should clearly mention whether a case for the award of a gallantry medal has also been forwarded. If that is so, then the recommendations for the award of the Prime Minister's medal will be kept pending by the Intelligence Bureau till the case for the award of the gallantry medal is decided. If the gallantry medal is not awarded for the particular event, the case will be taken up for the consideration of the award of the Prime Minister's medal.

A.P. State Police Pathakams (Medals)

General

204-1. To recognise distinguished service rendered by State Police Officers of all ranks, Government of Andhra Pradesh introduced a scheme to award the following types of medals:

A. A.P. Police Seva Pathakamu

B. A.P.Police Katina Seva Pathakamu

C. A.P. Police Uttama Seva Pathakamu

D. A.P. Police Mahonnatha Seva Pathakamu

E. A.P. Mukhyamantri Sourya Pathakamu (Common for Fire Services also)

It is necessary that the award of the medals shall be so distributed as to consider the claims of all deserving personnel and all districts/Units get represented.

Description of the Medals

Andhra Pradesh Police Seva Pathakamu

2-A. The medal will be circular in shape, made of bronze one and 3/8 inches in diameter and have Andhra Pradesh State Emblem and letters "ANDHRA PRADESH POLICE SEVA PATHAKAMU" embossed on the obverse and on the reverse "Amaravathi Stupamu" with letters “Andhra Pradesh Police Service”.

Andhra Pradesh Police Katina Seva Pathakamu

B. The medal will be circular in shape made of bronze with one and 3/8 inches in diameter and have Andhra Pradesh State Emblem and “ANDHRA PRADESH POLICE KATINA SEVA PATHAKAMU” embossed on the obverse and on the reverse “Amaravathi Stupamu” with Andhra Pradesh Police Service.

Andhra Pradesh State Police Uttama Seva Pathakamu

C. For "ANDHRA PRADESH POLICE UTTAMA SEVA PATHAKAMU" with State Emblem and on the second side "Lepakshi Nandi" made of Bronze with silver coating.

Andhra Pradesh Police Mahonnatha Seva Pathakamu

D. For "ANDHRA PRADESH POLICE MAHONNATHA SEVA PATHAKAMU" with State Emblem and on the second side "Kakatiya Stupamu" made of Bronze medal with Gold coating.

Andhra Pradesh Mukhyamantri Sourya Pathakamu

E. For "ANDHRA PRADESH MUKHYAMANTRI SOURYA PATHAKAMU" with State Emblem and on the second side "Cross Swords" with inscription "SATYAMEVA JAYATE" made of Bronze Medal with Gold coating.

Number of Medals

3- A. The Seva Pathakams will be awarded equally as far as possible among all Units/Districts not exceeding the total number of 450 per annum.

B. There will be 60 Kathin Seva Pathakamu every year out of 450 medals at the rate of 30 medals on each occasion.

C. The Uttama Seva Pathakams will be 90 for the State to be distributed approximately @ 3 per Unit/District per annum. The strength of the Unit and/or nature of work will be taken into consideration in determining the number which may vary between 3 to 10 as indicated above.

D. The Mahonnatha Seva Pathakams will be 9 per annum.

E. The number of Mukhyamantri Sourya Pathakams will depend entirely on extraordinary and outstanding nature of performance and gallantry at risk to one’s own life. The rules will be same as for the President’s Police medal for gallantry.

F. The maximum numbers of medals in each category except ‘E’ are indicated above. If the number of personnel coming within the parameters each year, exceeds the maximum permissible, they can be considered in the succeeding year. If the number of deserving persons falls short of the maximum permissible number the awards should be confined to that number only.

Eligibility

A.P. Police Seva Pathakamu

4-A. The candidates should have completed 12 years of service as on 1st January of the year. Sevapathakamu should be given on the basis of State/Unit/District level seniority in each rank. Only in exceptional cases Sevapathakamu may be awarded with lesser number of years of service but in any case, not less than 10 years of service.

B. The Candidate should have maintained a clean and good record of service without any adverse entries or punishments.

C. The integrity of the candidate and his non-involvement in any judicial proceedings should be certified by the concerned Unit Officer).

D. Recipients of these awards will be eligible for monthly allowance of Rs.25/- for life and a one time cash award of Rs.2,000/-. This is essentially good service medal. Among those who fulfill the conditions, medals should be recommended up to the number allotted in the order of seniority. There is no bar for repetition of eligible persons in succeeding years. Though minimum service for eligibility of the medal is not indicated it is advisable that the candidate should have at least 10 years of completed service.

A.P.Police Kathina Seva Pathakamu

5-A. This medal is awarded to direct recruited DSsP, SIs and PCs and other equivalent ranks with 3 to 4 years of minimum service who must be an approved probationer as on 1st January of the year.

B. The candidates should have worked in different situations, different areas exerting themselves, acquitting to the responsibilities entrusted to them.

C. The candidate should have exemplary and clean record of service with continuous devotion to duty and sincerity.

D. The integrity of the candidate and his non-involvement in any Judicial Proceedings should be certified.

E. Recipients of these awards are eligible for recurring grant of Rs.25/- P.M. for life and non-recurring cash award of Rs.2000/-.

A.P. Police Uttama Seva Pathakamu

6-A. The candidates should have a continuous period of at least 20 years of dedicated and meritorious service as on 1st January of the year. Only in exceptional cases Uttama Sevapathakamu may be awarded to the officers and men with lesser number of years of service.

B. They should be rewarded or commended for exemplary and outstanding performance in fields of Law & Order, Crime, Traffic, Intelligence, District Armed Police, APSP, Sportsmanship, Public Relations, Police Transport, Police Communications etc., or any other specialized skills in any branch of Police Department marked by efficiency, devotion to duty, integrity, high sense of discipline and sense of sacrifice.

C. Recipients of these awards will be eligible for a monthly medal allowance of Rs.30/- for life and a one time cash award of Rs.3,000/-. There shall be a gap of 5 years from the receipt of Seva Pathakamu to be eligible for this medal.

A.P. Police Mahonnatha Seva Pathakamu

7-A. The candidates should have continuous period of at least 25 years of service as on 1st January of the year to become eligible and he should be a recipient of Uttama Sevapathakamu and must have a gap of minimum 6 years before being considered for Mahonnatha Sevapathakamu. In exceptional cases only Mahonnatha Sevapathakamu may be awarded to officers and men with lesser number of years of service but in any case not less than 20 years of service provided also that one should have been a recipient of Uttama Sevapathakamu with 6 years of service thereafter.

B. They should have distinguished record of service in any field of Policing and should have maintained high reputation for integrity and professional competence and exhibited boldness, enterprise and initiative in facing dangerous situations and in combating crimes of desperate criminals, such as terrorism and organized crime.

C. The nominee should not have incurred any censure of a court or even been concerned in proceedings involving censure in a court of law.

D. The award shall carry a monthly medal allowance of Rs.40/- for life and a one time cash award of Rs.4,000/-.

E. There shall be a gap of 6 years from the receipt of Uttama Seva Pathakamu to be eligible for this medal.

A.P. Mukhyamantri Sourya Pathakamu

8-A. The rules will be the same as for the President's Police Medal for gallantry. Personnel of the Police or any other Department will be entitled for the medal. Any other citizen will be entitled for a certificate and the allowance as indicated.

B. The Awardees will be given a monthly medal allowance of Rs.50/- for life and one time cash award of Rs.5, 000/-.

9. While a clean record of service is the important criterion for all medals, minor punishments for routine lapses not involving moral turpitude is not a bar provided (5) years have lapsed after the imposition of such punishment. However it should be ensured that such a minor punishment is not the reduced punishment on appeal, in a case where a disciplinary enquiry was conducted into lapses for major punishment, and a major penalty was imposed after such oral enquiry.

Entitlement to number of medals

205-1. A member of the service is eligible for award of any number of medals if he fulfills the conditions attached to such a medal. The same medal should not be awarded to the same individual more than once except in respect of medal for gallantry. All ranks of the Police Officers are eligible for all the medals subject to conditions attached. The rules governing state pathakams are in Annexure – 10. The guidelines for Kabir Puraskar, Wound Medal (Parakram Padak) and Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakara for gallantry (including civilians) are in Annexure – 11, 12 and 13.

Publication

2. The names of those to whom these medals are awarded shall be published in the Andhra Pradesh Government Gazette and a register of such names shall be kept by the Government in the Home Department, and also by the DGP’s Office and every Unit in respect of awards to that Unit.

Mode of Wearing the Medals and Colours

3. Each medal shall be suspended from the left breast and the ribbon shall be of 1 1/4" in length and 1 1/4" in width.

A. In the case of "ANDHRA PRADESH POLICE SEVA PATHAKAMU" the ribbon shall be half yellow and half blue.

B. In the case of A.P.Police Kathin Seva Pathakam: the ribbon shall be half blue and half red.

C. In the case of "ANDHRA PRADESH POLICE UTTAMA SEVA PATHAKAMU" the ribbon shall be 1/4 yellow 1/4 blue and 1/4 yellow 1/4 blue.

D. In the case of "ANDHRA PRADESH POLICE MAHONNATHA SEVA PATHAKAMU" the ribbon shall be 1/3 yellow, 1/3 silver and 1/3 blue.

E. In the case of "ANDHRA PRADESH MUKHYAMANTRI SOURYA PATHAKAMU" the ribbon shall be 1/3 blue 1/3 red and 1/3 yellow. It shall be worn on the left of the last medal awarded by the Government of India.

Cancellation of medals

4. It shall be open for the Governor of Andhra Pradesh to cancel and annul the award to any recipient of the above medals and thereupon his name in the register shall be erased. It shall also be open for the Governor to restore any medal, which has been so forfeited. Every person to whom the said decoration is awarded shall before receiving the same enter into agreement to return the medal if his name is erased as aforesaid. Notice of cancellation or restoration in every case shall be published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette.

Forfeiture of medals

5. The medal is liable to be forfeited if the holder is awarded any major punishment and / or comes to notice for deterioration in the standard of work.

Posthumous Awards

6. The award may be given posthumously. In such a case the lump sum grant and the monthly allowance attached to the award will be paid to the family of the awardees on the lines of family pension.

Announcement of Medals

7. The medals will be announced by the Government of Andhra Pradesh on two occasions i.e., 1st November (A.P. Formation Day) and Telugu New Year's Day (Ugadi) every year.

Procedure for Proposals for the Awards

206-1. The head of the Unit concerned will prepare the list of deserving personnel for the award of these medals in consultation with their Officers and forward the list along with rolls in the prescribed format to the respective Zonal Inspectors General/DIGP/Commissioner of Police as the case may be by the 15th July every year. Special Units will also follow the procedure through their superior Officers. While forwarding the list, the Unit Officer will furnish the requisite details in the prescribed proforma and append a certificate that the qualifications laid down for this medal are fulfilled. Thereafter the Board consisting of the Zonal Inspector General/DIGP as Chairman and Superintendents/Officer in-charge of Districts or any other Officers in-charge of Units of Police as Members will meet to scrutinize the names recommended in Zones under the rules and finalise the list before 15th August every year and forward it to the Director General of Police by the 31st August every year. While doing so, the Zonal Inspector General / DIGP, Commissioner of Police etc. will append citation for those recommended for the award and see that the citations contain clear and specific details of outstanding work. For other specialized Units like the APSP, the Board shall be presided over by IGP, APSP or an Officer of equivalent rank in-charge of the Unit.

2. The Zonal Inspector General/DIGP, IGP APSP or the Commissioner of Police will also furnish a certificate to the effect that the rules and procedures have been correctly followed. Recommendations of the Director General of Police should reach the Government not later than the 15th September every year.

3. The Superintendent of Police should forward the recommendations for State Police Medals on the occasion of Telugu New Year's Day 'UGADI' to reach the Zonal Inspector General/DIGP by 1st December every year. The Inspector Generals/DIGP shall forward their recommendations to the Director General of Police by 15th December every year and the recommendations of the DGP shall reach the Government not later than 31st January every year.

4. The recommendations received from Zones, Cities and other specialized branches shall be scrutinized by a Committee consisting of Addl. DGP (Admn.)/IGP Personnel, IGP Training, Director APPA and IGP Coordination. After the scrutiny the list recommended with rolls shall be placed before DGP through Addl. DGP (Admn.). After DGP's approval the lists with necessary enclosures shall be forwarded to the Government.

Procedure for processing cases of Anti-Corruption Bureau

5. The Director General, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Hyderabad shall initiate the proposals in respect of the Officers and men working under his control and send the proposals directly to the Government with all the details as specified in order 206 above together with his specific recommendations. A Screening Committee consisting of the following Officers will screen the proposals received from the Director General Anti-Corruption Bureau.

i) Chief Secretary to Government Chairman

ii) Principal Secretary/Secretary to Government

Home Department Member

iii) Director General of Police Member

iv) Director General, Anti-Corruption Bureau,

Hyderabad Member

The above Committee will decide the number of Medals to be awarded to the Officers and men of the Anti-Corruption Bureau taking into consideration of the actual number of medals recommended both to the Anti-corruption Bureau and to the other branches of the Police Department.

Certificate of Integrity and No Judicial Proceedings

6. The form of the certificate is given below:

Certified that the integrity of Sri _______________ recommended for the award of the _____________ is above suspicion and that he was not concerned in any proceedings that were censured in a Court of Law. It is further certified that in respect of the conduct of the nominee underlying the present recommendation, no judicial proceedings are pending.

7. All recommending authorities shall bear in mind that recommendations for medals should bear a clear stamp of impartiality, fairness and objectivity if the whole scheme is to have the desired effect. Any instance of favouritism or extraneous considerations shall be scrupulously avoided and every complaint in this regard shall be enquired by the DGP. As this scheme is unique in the country and intended to bring about the best among the Police personnel, the senior Officers are entirely responsible for it. The DGP at his discretion makes such enquiries or verification through any agency at his disposal in this regard.

Publication and presentations

207-1. Rewards granted by the Government and those of special importance granted by the Director General, Addl. DGsP/CsP and Inspectors General of Police will be published in the Police Gazette. Rewards granted by the DIsGP, Dy. Commissioners and SsP will be published in Crime and Occurrence Sheets.

2. Rewards granted to private persons should be presented to them at a suitable public function if one can be easily arranged, provided the persons concerned are willing to accept the rewards openly.

Presentation of the Medals

3. The Chief Minister will be generally presenting the Andhra Pradesh Mukhyamantri Sourya Pathakamu and the Andhra Pradesh Police Mahonnatha Seva Pathakamu either on Telugu New Year's Day or on the 1st November of each year. The Andhra Pradesh Police Uttama Seva Pathakamu and Police Seva Pathakamu shall be poresented at the ceremonial functions either on 15th August or 26th January.

4-A. All Officers should send recommendation Rolls within the time prescribed;

B. The recommendation rolls in the prescribed proforma should be brief and precise, bringing out the record of service and instances of good work done;

C. The recommendation rolls should be complete in all particulars and signed by the head of the Unit;

D. Where there is instance of teamwork and only one is recommended. It should be ensured that the same instance is not quoted in successive years to different people;

E. Recommendation Rolls should be sent through proper channel and no copies should be sent to any authority directly;

Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of National Award

208. These awards are given under the President's approval for meritorious acts of humane nature displayed under circumstances of very great danger to the life of the rescuer in saving life from drowning, fire, rescue operations in mines etc. These awards are accompanied by substantial monetary grants. It’s series of Medals consist of (a) Sarvotham Jeevan Raksha Padak carrying a cash grant of Rs.20, 000/-; (b) Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak carries a cash grant of Rs.10, 000/-; (c) Jeevan Raksha Padak carries a cash grant of Rs.5, 000/-. The regulations governing these medals are in Annexure – 9. The Unit Officers should give wide publicity and familiarize all Police Officers with this scheme. Should any instance falling within the guidelines arise, a report with necessary recommendation should be sent to the District Collector. These are meant for members of the Public and Police Officers can play an active role in identifying such cases and giving wide publicity.

The Incentive Schemes

Scheme of Accelerated Promotions

209-1. Accelerated promotions are permissible for police personnel who work in the areas affected by extremist and terrorist activity and participate in curbing the terrorist activities. This is intended to grant recognition and to improve the morale of the force working in the area. A high level Committee with Chief Secretary as Chairman and Principal Secretary, Home, Secretary (Services) GAD, and Director General of Police as members and concerned Joint Secretary/Deputy Secretary in Home as Convenor will examine the cases and make appropriate recommendation to the Government. The High level Committee while making recommendations shall be guided by conditions mentioned herein. The concerned Police personnel shall have (a) performed outstanding work in extremist field; (b) a uniformly satisfactory record and (c) a clean defaulter sheet for the last six years without any major punishments throughout the service. The Government has also ordered that to the extent recommendations are made by this Committee the jurisdiction of Second Level Departmental Promotion Committee is excluded and rules prescribed for promotion are deemed to have been relaxed to that extent. The rules relating to Accelerated promotion for police personnel for outstanding work are in Annexure – 14.

2. The DGP has the power to make on the spot incentive promotion to the police personnel from the rank of Police Constable to Police Sub-Inspector who have done outstanding work on the extremist front. The DGP shall immediately there after submit a list of such cases to the government for ratification.

3. Those officers who are given accelerated promotion under this scheme of shall serve in the extremist affected area for a minimum period of 2 years after the accelerated promotion.

4. To derive the full benefit of this scheme for those who deserve it the Unit Officers of the affected areas shall consider suitable cases fulfilling the eligibility criteria and send their recommendations in the Reward Roll format clearly bringing out the outstanding work done. The outstanding work should be spread over a reasonable span of time of at least 2 to 3 years and not confined to a solitary instance. The element of risk faced, the professionalism, courage and resourcefulness displayed and adherence to rules should be brought out clearly. The terrorist cases successfully investigated and prosecuted should also be an important consideration. The Unit officers/Superintendents of Police/Commissioner of Police while forwarding the recommendations of deserving cases shall broadly be guided by the under mentioned conditions viz., the concerned police officer personnel shall have :

i) been an approved Probationer;

ii) performed outstanding work in the filed of Anti-Extremist Operation. (Here the quality of work turned out shall be taken as criteria);

iii) uniformly satisfactory record; and

iv) clean defaulter sheet for the last (6) years without any Major Punishments through out the service.

5. The recommendation proposal for accelerated promotion should be initiated by the CsP/SsP/Unit Officer and sent to DGP through Zonal IG/DIGP and Addl. DGP (Int. & Security). In the office of the DGP, Addl. DGP (L&O) will consolidate all proposals and a committee consisting of Addl. DGP (L&O), Addl. DGP/IGP (Admin.), Addl. DGP (Int. & Security), IGP (Greyhounds) and DIGP (SIB) shall make the recommendation of deserving candidates to the DGP for giving accelerated promotion. DGP may order accelerated promotion on the basis of recommendation of the above committee or otherwise as per rules. In respect of accelerated promotion from the rank of Inspectors and above, the proposals shall be forwarded by DGP to the government for placing it before the high level committee as mentioned in order No.209-1.

Advance Increments

210. Police personnel are also eligible for sanction of advance increments under the incentive scheme besides police medals and accelerated promotion scheme. The unit officers should consider the cases of good and outstanding police work of professional nature and recommend such cases in the proforma prescribed in annexure 15 and forward them through the zonal IG/DIGP/CP concerned.

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G.O.Ms. No. 280, Home (Services.I), Dept., dt.

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G.O. 876, Judl., dt. 29.5.1905

G.O.Rt.No.1187 Home Pol. A Dept., Dated. 30-7-2001

G.O. 876, Judl., dt. 29.5.1905

G.O. 876, Judl. dt. 29.5.1905 & 458, Pub. (Pol.) dt. 26.8.1935

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G.O. Ms. 818, Home, dated 1.3.1947

G.O. Ms. No. 519, Home (Pol.A) Department, dt. 29.10.1985

G.O. Ms. No. 265, Home (Pol.A) Dept., dt. 22.4.1986

G.O. Ms. No. 265, Home (Pol.A) Dept., dt. 22.4.1986

G.O. Ms. No. 265, Home (Pol.A) Dept., dt. 22.4.1986

G.O. Ms. No. 429, Home (SC.A) Dept.,

dt. 30.9.1988

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Substituted in G.O. Ms. No. 723, Home (SC.A) Dept., dt. 4.12.1986

Memo 1399 (SC.A) 88-1, dt. 15.2.1988; M.H.A. G.O.I. Letter No. .... 17.8.1986 Public dt. 22.4. 87 and dt. 29.9.1989

G.O. Ms. No. 116 Home (SC.A) Dept. dt. 8.3.1996

G.O. Ms. No. 14, GAD,

dt. 6-1-65, G.O. Ms. No. 260 GAD, dt. 12-5-83, and G.O. Ms. No. 235, GAD, Dt. 4-6-2001.

G.O.Rt. No.1688 (Pol.A) Dept., dt. 1-8-1996

G.O.Ms.No. 266, 267, 268 Home (Pol-E) & G.O.Ms.No.265 Home (Pol-C) Dept., dt. 26-11-2001

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