61 police inspectors get promotions

bangalore: after a wait of two years, 61 police inspectors of the 1974 and 1975 batches were promoted as deputy superintendent of police (dysp) on monday. in addition, 19 dysp rank officers have been transferred. these promotions have been given in accordance with the recent supreme court order on reservations in promotions. just two days before his retirement, former dgp k. sreenivasan had forwarded a list of 63 inspectors eligible for promotions in july. after lengthy deliberations between the present dgp, v.v. bhaskar, home secretary, m.b. prakash and home minister mallikarjun m. kharge, 61 names were cleared for promotion last week, and they were given postings on monday. a major chunk of promoted officers have been posted to cod and coastal security force with the intention of strengthening these two premier investigative agencies, sources said. with these promotions, reshuffle of police inspectors all over the state, mainly in the city, becomes imminent. the 61 vacancies of inspectors as a fallout of promotions along with few other vacancies, need to be filled immediately in near future. following is the list of police officers promoted and the places they have been posted to. m.d. basavannanavar (kptcl, bangalore), lavakumar (cod), girijapathi (dcrb, bellary), c.n. bhandari (karnataka lok ayukta), m.v. gaekwad (anti-dacoity squad, bellary), a.h. savanur (dcrb, haveri), v. andrews (departmental enquiries, central range), rathnakar solanki (state intelligence), b.c.sankolli (coastal security force, bhatkal), m.a. sheikh (cod), d.f. udikeri (dcrb, bagalkot), a.k. siddamma (cod), mohammed rafiq mulla (cod), y.c. zyner (state intelligence), chandrashekhar prasad (k.p.a, mysore), b.p. hoogar (dcrb, chitradurga), s.e. d'souza (dcrb, chamarajanagar), m.v. singri (dcrb, bangalore), l. shivashankarappa (cod), lakshman singh (cod), b.b. patil (cod), v.s. d'souza (prc, police headquarters), p.n. patil (coastal security force, bhatkal), k. abdul rasool (central range), h.m. umesh (kpa, mysore), r.p. singareddy (state intelligence, bellary), g.v. naik (coastal security force, bhatkal), n.d. mulla (cod), k. narayana (state intelligence), p.b. poovaiah (state intelligence), kumaraswamy (high court security), k. srikantha (cod), nazeer ahmed (cod), k.n.a. reddy (cod), k.n. yogappa (cod), n.r. chandiram singh (on deputation to cosava), n.n. aratti (state intelligence), b.p. suresh (dcrb mysore), k. rajagopala rao (law department, police headquarters), h.t. krishnappa (state intelligence), r. suryanarayana (dcre, mysore), p.b. haravi (range office, belgaum), b.v. ramachandrappa (range office, mysore), b.p. heraje (state intelligence), prabhakar shastri (dcrb, gulbarga), t. sathyanarayana (state intelligence), b.r. umesh (cod), a.n. indira (state intelligence), a.r. sharief (dcre, gulbarga), m.a. soudagar (cod), n.t. shivakumar (coastal security force), m.b. mattoor (dcrb, davanager), m.n. sanikoppa (cod), abbas f. thrasagar (dcrb, dharwad), b.r. hirigowda (range office, davanagere), a.l. sadalagi (state intelligence), h.k. sanaulla (range office, gulbarga), b. chandramohan singh (cod), b.a. muthanna (cod), a.r. anvekar (dcrb, gadag) and u.p. shivarama reddy (state intelligence). the following dysp rank officers have been transferred: shivananda (chikkodi subdivison), murnal (harappanahalli), s.v. matapathi(gulbarga `a' subdivison), b.n. neelagar (dharwad subdivison), bheema reddy (hospet), jangama shetty (chalalkere), b.b. ayappa (cod), meer mohammed mukhtar (cod), venkanna gowda (railways, bangalore), b.s.s. rao (koppa subdivison), mahanthesh (arasikere), m.m. sheikh (bailahonagala), n.m. hornal (dcrb, belgaum), b.d. patil (kptcl, hubli), achappa (coastal security force, bhatkal), r. ramesh (holenarasipura) and k. basavarajappa (davanagere rural).