After the reinstatement of IPS officer Rashmi Shukla as Maharashtra’s director general of police (DGP) following the declaration of the state Assembly poll results, hundreds of police inspectors (PIs) and senior PIs whose postings were reshuffled 20 days ahead of the election are optimistic that their transfers will be rolled back. This expectation has led many officers to retain their accommodations at the police commissionerates where they were stationed before the transfer orders were issued. But this has increased their commute time, consequently cutting short their working hours and hampering their productivity level.

Exactly 263 officers from Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar, Thane and police training centres in Khandala, Nagpur, Solapur, Akola, Turchi, Dhule, Latur, Jalna and other districts were transferred by the DGP’s office to conduct fair Assembly polls, which were held on November 20. These transfer orders, issued by the DGP’s office, follow strict Election Commission of India (ECI) guidelines mandating the reassignment of officers who have served more than three years in a particular city.