Chandigarh, July 24 -- In a significant order that could impact the career progression of city's police officers, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Chandigarh Bench, has directed the Centre to process and decide the long-pending proposal of considering the UT police deputy superintendent of police (DSP) cadre as a feeder service for induction into the Indian Police Service (IPS) under the AGMUT cadre.

Allowing an application filed by UT police DSP Ram Gopal, the tribunal quashed three communications issued in 2019 which rejected his request for consideration for IPS induction on grounds that the city's DSP cadre was not a recognised feeder cadre.

The bench, comprising judicial member Ramesh Singh Thakur and administrative membe...