Under the order of the Supreme Court, the Gujarat High Court had filed a suo moto petition regarding matters related to the police. In which the state government was ordered to present all the information in an affidavit. A detailed affidavit has been filed by the Gujarat government following a stern stand by the Gujarat High Court on a suo moto petition regarding recruitment, vacancies in the police department and other police related matters.
Out of 22 thousand posts, 7 thousand posts will be recruited.
The state government will fill 7000 posts out of 22000 vacancies in the police department this year. Under the order of the Supreme Court, the Gujarat High Court had filed a suo moto petition regarding matters related to the police. In which the state government was ordered to present all the information in an affidavit. In which the State Government has accepted before the High Court that 21.3% of the posts in the State Police Department are vacant.
Recruitment on 73 thousand posts has been completed
The state government has also told that out of total 96,194 posts in Gujarat, recruitment has been completed for 73 thousand posts and total 22000 posts are currently vacant. Apart from this, the state government admitted in the affidavit that out of the total posts of the State Reserve Force, about 4000 posts are also vacant. Then seven thousand of these posts will be recruited in the police department.
On the demand of the petitioner, the High Court had directed the state government
Apart from this, the Gujarat High Court had also given an order on the issue of rally procession and meeting, according to which the state government has accepted before the High Court that proper instructions have been given for the rally procession and meeting as well. During the course of argument, the petitioner demanded that whatever instructions there are should be published in public and on the plea of the petitioner, the High Court directed the state government to publish the information of all these matters in the public. The Gujarat High Court ordered the state government to submit detailed information ie additional affidavits of all the cases in which detailed hearing would take place on August 21.
