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Major Promotion in Rajasthan Police: 52 Inspectors to Become RPS Officers
- •The Home Department of Rajasthan has issued orders to promote 52 police inspectors to the Rajasthan Police Service junior salary scale.
- •Promotions are based on vacancies for the years 2026-27, following the seniority-cum-merit rule and Departmental Promotion Committee recommendations.
- •Officers will continue working on their current posts until further orders, with actual salary benefits payable from the date of joining.
- •The promotion orders remain subject to the final decisions of cases currently pending in various courts.
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The Home Department of the Rajasthan state government issued orders to promote a total of 52 police inspectors to the junior salary scale of the Rajasthan Police Service (RPS).
The promotions were carried out based on vacancies for the years 2026-27 following the rule of seniority-cum-merit. The decision followed recommendations from a regular departmental promotion committee held on September 18, 2026, under Rule 28 of the Rajasthan Police Service Rules, 1954.
The promoted officers will continue working on their current posts until further orders and will receive benefits on a notional basis from their respective vacancy dates up to their joining date. Actual salary benefits for the promoted post will become payable starting from the date of joining.
