Kathmandu: The resolution of the police adjustment dispute has reached its final stage. The issue of police adjustment has been advanced so that the command of the state police will be done by the DIG.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has prepared to start the police adjustment work within a month. Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayankaji Shrestha held a discussion between the provincial home ministers and representatives of the police organization to resolve the police adjustment dispute.

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Narayan Prasad Bhattarai, has said that along with the process of creating the Federal Police Act, the adjustment work has also started. He said that the Police Adjustment Act has already come and the Federal Police Act has also been drafted. According to him, the Ministry of Home Affairs is going to move forward with the Federal Police Act and the adjustment work. The Ministry of Home Affairs is preparing to amend the controversial law and start the adjustment process simultaneously.

Nepal Police and Provincial Police Operations Supervision, Coordination Act-2076 and Police Personnel Adjustment Act-076 have been prepared. The demand of the provincial government is that the police should be adjusted according to this law. Even after 4 years of enactment of the Act, the provincial government, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs have been dissatisfied saying that the police have not been adjusted.

The province demands that the police should be adjusted and that the police should be under the provincial government. In the discussion held at the Ministry of Home Affairs , the Ministers of Internal Affairs and Law of the Province suggested that the Chief District Officer should also be included in the structure of the Province. Four different issues were discussed in the meeting of the Home Affairs Committee chaired by Home Minister Shrestha.

Home spokesperson Bhattarai says, “Police posts in central and state government is a matter that was decided 4 years ago. Out of 79 thousand 541 posts of Nepal Police, 54 thousand 720 will be adjusted under the provincial police. 24 thousand 821 people will stay in the center. Based on the old decision made by the government, one DIG and three SSPs will be posted in each province. The command of the state police will be handled by the DIG.

According to Nepal Police spokesperson Bhim Prasad Dhakal, there will be two posts of SSP in the provincial police office and one in the provincial training center. There will be 7 DIGs, 21 SSPs, 69 SPs and 181 DSPs under the province. Similarly, the posts of 732 inspectors will be under the provincial government. There will be 3926 technical police in the state government.