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CRPF Issues Show-Cause Notices to Eight Officers Over Skipped Lunch
The CRPF is a big Indian force that keeps people safe, a bit like soldiers and police together.
Eight officers in this force were asked to have an official lunch with a senior boss, who is the head of their zone.
The lunch was planned while the officers were learning about technical things at a camp in Madhya Pradesh.
The officers said no to the lunch.
Their boss and the force were not happy about it.
The force sent them official letters asking why they did not come.
The force says that not coming to the lunch was like not listening to a senior, which is called insubordination.
The officers now have to write back their reasons, and the force will decide what happens next.
Nobody knows for sure why the officers did not go to the lunch.
Some other officers from similar forces have also asked the country's top court to look at a new law they say gives too much power to IPS officers.
The CRPF has issued show-cause notices to eight assistant commandant-rank officers for allegedly declining an official working lunch hosted by a senior IPS officer.
The officers, including a woman, were undergoing a technical training course about a month ago at a CRPF camp in Madhya Pradesh.
The force considers the act 'insubordination' and has asked the officers to explain their reasons through notices issued by force headquarters in Delhi.
A senior CRPF officer said further disciplinary action will be taken once the officers submit their explanations and the force examines them.
The reason the officers declined remains unclear; separately, central armed police officers have challenged the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Act, 2026 in the Supreme Court over alleged IPS dominance.
- Who
- Eight CRPF assistant commandant-rank officers, including a woman, and the senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who serves as the force's zonal head.
- What
- The officers were issued show-cause notices for allegedly declining an official 'working lunch' hosted by the senior IPS officer, an act the force views as insubordination.
- Where
- A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Madhya Pradesh; the notices were issued by the force headquarters in Delhi.
- When
- The lunch took place about a month ago during a technical training course; the show-cause notices were issued subsequently.
- Why
- The force considers the officers' refusal to attend the official lunch insubordination and expects an explanation before deciding on further disciplinary action.
Force Administration
Officers Challenging IPS Dominance
Declining the working lunch
Force Administration
The CRPF treats the officers' refusal to attend the senior IPS officer's working lunch as an act of insubordination and has asked them to explain themselves through show-cause notices.
Officers Challenging IPS Dominance
It remains unclear why the officers declined the lunch, and the articles report no confirmation that the officers intended to defy their senior.
IPS dominance in central armed paramilitary forces
Force Administration
The CRPF operates with IPS officers such as the zonal head in senior roles, and the notices were issued by force headquarters under the existing framework.
Officers Challenging IPS Dominance
Several serving central armed police officers, including from the CRPF, argue the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Act, 2026 'allows the dominance of IPS officers on deputation in the five central armed paramilitary forces' and have challenged it in the Supreme Court.
Key facts
- Force
- Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
- Officers affected
- 8 assistant commandant-rank officers, including a woman
- Reason for notices
- Allegedly declining an official 'working lunch' hosted by the senior IPS zonal head
- Accusation
- Insubordination
- Location
- CRPF camp, Madhya Pradesh; notices issued from force HQ, Delhi
- Context
- Technical training course held about a month ago
- Current status
- Show-cause notices issued; further disciplinary action anticipated after explanations are examined
- Related legal challenge
- Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Act, 2026 challenged in Supreme Court over alleged IPS dominance
Quotes
CRPF official
Official from the Central Reserve Police Force
“"The zonal head of the force, who is an IPS officer, had hosted a working lunch for them. The officers declined to attend the lunch, and hence they have been asked to explain the reason for this insubordination through a showcause notice."”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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