New Delhi, Aug 05: Chandigarh UT is functioning with more IAS and IPS officers than its sanctioned strength as the Centre has made this disclosure in Parliament.
In a question by Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai stated that against a sanctioned strength of 11 IAS and 7 IPS posts, the UT currently has 12 IAS and 9 IPS officers posted.
Of these, five IAS and two IPS officers are on deputation from the Punjab and Haryana cadres. Three IAS and one IPS officer are on deputation from Punjab, while two IAS and one IPS officer are from Haryana.
Tiwari pointed out that Mohali and Panchkula districts, each four to five times the geographical size of Chandigarh, are administered by a single Deputy Commissioner and a single Senior Superintendent of Police respectively.
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