Cabinet Extends Tenure of Two Additional Inspector Generals in Armed Police Force

Kathmandu. The tenure of two Deputy Inspectors General (DIGs) from the technical wing of the Armed Police Force (APF) has been extended. A minister informed Ratopati that the Council of Ministers, in its meeting on Sunday, decided to extend the tenure of DIGs Engineer Sandeep Thapa and Dr. Rupak Maharjan.

According to Regulation 65 (Ga) of the Armed Police Rules, the term of office for a DIG is four years. Under this provision, DIGs Thapa and Maharjan were due to retire on Chaitra 5, 2082 BS. With the tenure extension approved by the cabinet, they will remain in office until Chaitra 5, 2083 BS.

Engineer Thapa is the Chief of the Support and Service Directorate of the Armed Police Force. Dr. Maharjan is serving as the Chief of the Armed Police Hospital.

A proposal to extend the tenure of DIGs Laxman Bahadur Singh and Pradip Pal from the general group was also sent to the cabinet by the Ministry of Home Affairs. However, that minister informed that the cabinet made no decision regarding them.

Singh, who is working in the National Security Council, and Pal, who is working in the Operations Department, are completing their four-year tenure as DIGs and are due to retire on Chaitra 5. They initially joined service as Technical ASI (Computer Operator) in Nepal Police on Chaitra 18, 2054 BS, before later joining the Armed Police Force.

Some APF officials had expressed dissatisfaction against the proposal to extend their tenure, arguing that they, having entered through the technical stream and undergone only one month of training, did not complete the rigorous basic training taken by those entering the general group.