By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad July 16: The State government is not likely to table the new AP Police Act in the Monsoon Session because of the conflict between the police and revenue departments on certain key provisions.
The preparation of the draft bill itself got delayed following the attempt by the IAS officers to incorporate clauses which would make the police accountable to revenue officials even in their day to day duties.
They even wanted to give revenue officials the power to write annual credential reports of the police and make surprise visits to police stations. Needless to say, all this angered the police top brass who informed the Chief Minister that the above clauses would put the police in difficult situation and deprive it of the powers to act independently.
It would also lead to confrontation with revenue department, they said. Sources told this newspaper that senior police officers including DGP M.A. Basith and Additional director General of Police (Intelligence) K. Arvinda Rao informed the Chief Minister of the consequences of such clauses.
The police officers were also believed to have cautioned the government that the new Act would run into legal tangle if the provisions were not in accordance with the SC guidelines. A compliance report has to be submitted to the Supreme Court after enacting the new law. “The SC wanted the police department to be insulated from all sorts of influences,” said a senior cop.
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