Punjab, perfect example of imbalance Police force

With the promotion of three IPS officers as ADGP, Punjab has become the state having the perfect example of imbalance in the Police force. The state now has 17 DGPs and 28 ADGPs. However, the number of IG is 10 while the state has just 20 DIGs. And only three DGP level officers are on central deputation. The officers include Dinkar Gupta, Parag Jain and Harpreet Singh Sidhu. Of the 28 ADGPs, only one, 1997-batch officer PK Rai, is on central deputation. The real reason behind the heavy top-sided Police system is, during insurgency in the 90s, the state was allotted more IPS officers as per the cadre strength and secondly, senior officers are reluctant to go on central deputation. The effect of the top-heavy force came to the fore when recently an ADGP-rank 1997-batch IPS officer, Naunihal Singh, was appointed as the Amritsar police commissioner. The post is generally handled by a DIG or IG-rank officer. Similarly, another ADGP-rank officer, SPS Parmar, was posted as head of the Bathinda range, the post handled by a DIG or IG-rank officer.