IPS Fixation of Cadre Strength Second Amendment Regulations 2026 for Assam Meghalaya

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L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-13042026-271768 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 236] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2026/CHAITRA 18, 1948 2540 GI/2026 (1) 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(i)] "Assam-Meghalaya Senior Duty Posts under the Joint Cadre of Assam- Meghalaya | 113 ASSAM i) | Senior Duty Posts under the State Government of Assam | 80 Director General of Police, Assam | 1 DG CD & CGHG, Assam, Guwahati | 1 Additional Director General of Police- Special Branch | 1 Additional Director General of Police- Border | 1 Additional Director General of Police- Training/ Armed Police/Battalion | 1 Additional Director General of Police- Law & Order | 1 Additional Director General of Police- Vigilance & Anti Corruption | 1 Additional Director General of Police - CID | 1 Inspector General of Police - Administration | 1 Inspector General of Police - Special Branch | 1 Inspector General of Police-Training/ Armed Police | 1 Inspector General of Police - Criminal Investigation | 1 Inspector General of Police -Border | 1 Inspector General of Police - Law & Order | 1 Inspector General of Police - Bureau of Investigation/Economic Offences | 1 Inspector General of Police-Security | 1 Inspector General of Police-Modernization, Planning & Coordination | 1 Inspector General of Police-Home Guards & Civil Defence | 1 Inspector General of Police-Logistic | 1 [PART II-SEC. 3(i)] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY 3 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Western Range-Bongaigaon | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Central Western Range-Guwahati | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police -Northern Range-Tezpur | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-Central Range-Diphu | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-Crime Investigation Department | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-Border | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-Training | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-Armed Police | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-Modernisation, Planning & Coordination | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-Security | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-SB | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-NER, Tinsukia | 1 Superintendent of Police-Dibrugarh | 1 Superintendent of Police-Jorhat | 1 Superintendent of Police-Golaghat | 1 Superintendent of Police-Sivasagar | 1 Superintendent of Police-Nagaon | 1 Superintendent of Police-Karbi Anglong | 1 Superintendent of Police-N C Hills | 1 Superintendent of Police-Cachar | 1 Superintendent of Police-Karimganj | 1 Superintendent of Police-Kamrup | 1 Deputy Commissioner of Police-West | 1 Superintendent of Police-Nalbari | 1 Superintendent of Police-Barpeta | 1 Superintendent of Police-Kokrajhar | 1 Superintendent of Police-Goalpara | 1 Superintendent of Police- Dhubri | 1 Superintendent of Police-Darrang | 1 Superintendent of Police-Sonitpur | 1 Superintendent of Police-Lakhimpur | 1 Superintendent of Police-Dhemaji | 1 Superintendent of Police-Tinsukia | 1 SRP-Assam Pandu | 1 Assistant Inspector General of Police-Administration | 1 4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(i)] Special Superintendent of Police-Crime Investigation Department-Assam | 1 Superintendent of Police- SB (East Zone)-Assam | 1 Superintendent of Police-V & AC.I-Assam | 1 Principal- Police Training Centre-Dergaon | 1 Commandant- 1st Assam Police Battalion-Ligiripukhuri | 1 Commandant-2nd Assam Police Battalion-Makum | 1 Commandant-3rd Assam Police Battalion-Titabor | 1 Commandant-4th Assam Police Battalion-Kahilipara | 1 Commandant-5th Assam Police Battalion-Sontilla | 1 Commandant- 6th Assam Police Battalion-Kathal | 1 Commandant-7th Assam Police Battalion-Charaikhola | 1 Commandant 3rd Assam Police Task Force Battalion-Khajuabeel | 1 Commandant-Battalion Training Centre | 1 Commandant-Assam Commando Bn | 1 Superintendent of Police, SB(E), Assam. Ghty | 1 Superintendent of Police, Bongaigaon, Assam | 1 Deputy Commissioner of Police (East), Guwahati | 1 MEGHALAYA ii) | Senior Duty Posts under the State Government of Meghalaya | 33 Director General of Police | 1 Additional Director General of Police-Law & Order | 1 Additional Director General of Police-HQ/Admn. | 1 Inspector General of Police - Law & Order | 1 Inspector General of Police - Crime Investigation Department, Anti Corruption Bureau and Vigilance | 1 Inspector General of Police - Armed Police & Training | 1 Inspector General of Police -Headquarters & Administration | 1 Inspector General of Police –SB/Border | 1 Inspector General of Police- Commdt. General-Home Guards | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-Security | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Eastern Range | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Western Range | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Crime Investigation Department, Anti Corruption Bureau and Vigilance | 1 [PART II-SEC. 3(i)] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY 5 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Special Branch | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Admn. | 1 Superintendent of Police-East Khasi Hills District | 1 Superintendent of Police-West Khasi Hills District | 1 Superintendent of Police-West Garo Hills District | 1 Superintendent of Police-East Garo Hills District | 1 Superintendent of Police-Ri-Bhoi District | 1 Superintendent of Police- West Jantia Hills District | 1 Superintendent of Police-South Garo Hills District | 1 Superintendent of Police-Special Branch | 1 Superintendent of Police-Crime Investigation Department | 1 Principal Police Training School | 1 Commandant Police Battalion- 1st MLP Battalion | 1 Commandant Police Battalion- 2nd MLP Battalion | 1 Commandant Police Battalion- 3rd MLP Battalion (1st IR Bn.) | 1 Commandant Police Battalion- 4th MLP Battalion (2nd IR Bn.) | 1 Assistant Inspector General of Police | 1 Superintendent of Police- North Garo Hills District | 1 Superintendent of Police, South West Garo Hills District, Ampati | 1 Superintendent of Police, East Jaintiai Hills, District, Khliehriat | 1 1 | Total Senior Duty Posts | 113 2 | Central Deputation Reserve not exceeding 40% of item 1 above | 45 3 | State Deputation Reserve not exceeding 25% of item 1 above | 28 4 | Training Reserve not exceeding 3.5% of item 1 above | 03 5 | Leave Reserve and Junior Posts Reserve not exceeding 16.5% of Item 1 above | 18 6 | Posts to be filled by promotion under Rule 9 of the Indian Police Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1954 not exceeding 33 1/3% of Item 1,2,3 & 4 above | 63 7 | Posts to be filled up by Direct Recruitment (Items 1+2+3+4+5-6) | 144 Total Authorized Strength | 207" [F. No. 11052/02/2025-AIS-II (A)] RAJESH KUMAR YADAV, Under Secy. Note (1): Prior to issue of this notification, the Total Authorized Strength of Assam- Meghalaya Cadre was 195. 6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(i)] Note (2): The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India vide SRO No. 3351 dated 22nd October 1955. These were subsequently amended in respect of the Assam- Meghalaya Cadre by the following GSR No. and date:- S. No. | G.S.R. No. | Date | S.No. | G.S.R. No. | Date 1. | 42 E | 20.01.1972 | 7. | 113 E | 03.03.1998 2. | 542 | 29.04.1978 | 8. | 108 | 06.04.2002 3. | 198 E | 16.07.1982 | 9. | 192 E | 24.03.2009 4. | 765 E | 18.12.1982 | 10. | 230E | 01.04.2009 5. | 1005 | 31.12.1988 | 11. | 619E | 23.07.2010 6. | 41 | 01.02.1992 | 12. | 197(E) | 23.02.2018 MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (Department of Personnel and Training) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 8th April, 2026 G.S.R. 256(E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the All India Services Act, 1951 (LXI of 1951) read with sub-rule (1) and (2) of Rule 4 of the Indian Police Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954, the Central Government, in consultation with the Government of Assam- Meghalaya, hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Indian Police Service(Fixation of Cadre Strength)Regulations,1955 namely:- 1. (1) These Regulations may be called the Indian Police Service (Fixation of Cadre Strength) Second Amendment Regulations, 2026. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Indian Police Service (Fixation of Cadre Strength) Regulations, 1955, in the Schedule, for the heading “Assam- Meghalaya" and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted namely: — "Assam- Meghalaya Senior Duty Posts under the Joint Cadre of Assam- Meghalaya | 113 ASSAM i) | Senior Duty Posts under the State Government of Assam | 80 Director General of Police, Assam | 1 DG CD & CGHG, Assam, Guwahati | 1 Additional Director General of Police- Special Branch | 1 Additional Director General of Police- Border | 1 Additional Director General of Police- Training/ Armed Police/Battalion | 1 Additional Director General of Police- Law & Order | 1 Additional Director General of Police- Vigilance & Anti Corruption | 1 Additional Director General of Police - CID | 1 Inspector General of Police - Administration | 1 Inspector General of Police - Special Branch | 1 Inspector General of Police-Training/ Armed Police | 1 Inspector General of Police - Criminal Investigation | 1 Inspector General of Police -Border | 1 Inspector General of Police - Law & Order | 1 Inspector General of Police - Bureau of Investigation/Economic Offences | 1 Inspector General of Police-Security | 1 Inspector General of Police-Modernization, Planning & Coordination | 1 Inspector General of Police-Home Guards & Civil Defence | 1 Inspector General of Police-Logistic | 1 [PART II-SEC. 3(i)] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY 7 Inspector General of Police-BTAD | 1 Inspector General of Police-State Fire Service | 1 Inspector General of Police-STF | 1 Commissioner of Police, Guwahati | 1 Inspector General of Police-Crime & Intelligence, Assam Police Headquarter | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Administration | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Bureau of Investigation/ Economic offences | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Eastern Range-Jorhat | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Southern Range-Silchar | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Western Range-Bongaigaon | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Central Western Range-Guwahati | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police -Northern Range-Tezpur | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-Central Range-Diphu | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-Crime Investigation Department | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-Border | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-Training | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-Armed Police | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-Modernisation, Planning & Coordination | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-Security | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-SB | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-NER, Tinsukia | 1 Superintendent of Police-Dibrugarh | 1 Superintendent of Police-Jorhat | 1 Superintendent of Police-Golaghat | 1 Superintendent of Police-Sivasagar | 1 Superintendent of Police-Nagaon | 1 Superintendent of Police-Karbi Anglong | 1 Superintendent of Police-N C Hills | 1 Superintendent of Police-Cachar | 1 Superintendent of Police-Karimganj | 1 Superintendent of Police-Kamrup | 1 Deputy Commissioner of Police-West | 1 Superintendent of Police-Nalbari | 1 Superintendent of Police-Barpeta | 1 Superintendent of Police-Kokrajhar | 1 Superintendent of Police-Goalpara | 1 Superintendent of Police- Dhubri | 1 Superintendent of Police-Darrang | 1 Superintendent of Police-Sonitpur | 1 Superintendent of Police-Lakhimpur | 1 Superintendent of Police-Dhemaji | 1 Superintendent of Police-Tinsukia | 1 SRP-Assam Pandu | 1 Assistant Inspector General of Police-Administration | 1 Special Superintendent of Police-Crime Investigation Department-Assam | 1 Superintendent of Police- SB (East Zone)-Assam | 1 Superintendent of Police-V & AC.I-Assam | 1 Principal- Police Training Centre-Dergaon | 1 Commandant- 1st Assam Police Battalion-Ligiripukhuri | 1 Commandant-2nd Assam Police Battalion-Makum | 1 Commandant-3rd Assam Police Battalion-Titabor | 1 Commandant-4th Assam Police Battalion-Kahilipara | 1 Commandant-5th Assam Police Battalion-Sontilla | 1 Commandant- 6th Assam Police Battalion-Kathal | 1 Commandant-7th Assam Police Battalion-Charaikhola | 1 Commandant 3rd Assam Police Task Force Battalion-Khajuabeel | 1 Commandant-Battalion Training Centre | 1 8 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(i)] Commandant-Assam Commando Bn | 1 Superintendent of Police, SB(E), Assam. Ghty | 1 Superintendent of Police, Bongaigaon, Assam | 1 Deputy Commissioner of Police (East), Guwahati | 1 MEGHALAYA ii) | Senior Duty Posts under the State Government of Meghalaya | 33 Director General of Police | 1 Additional Director General of Police-Law & Order | 1 Additional Director General of Police-HQ/Admn. | 1 Inspector General of Police - Law & Order | 1 Inspector General of Police - Crime Investigation Department, Anti Corruption Bureau and Vigilance | 1 Inspector General of Police - Armed Police & Training | 1 Inspector General of Police -Headquarters & Administration | 1 Inspector General of Police –SB/Border | 1 Inspector General of Police- Commdt. General-Home Guards | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police-Security | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Eastern Range | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Western Range | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Crime Investigation Department, Anti Corruption Bureau and Vigilance | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Special Branch | 1 Deputy Inspector General of Police- Admn. | 1 Superintendent of Police-East Khasi Hills District | 1 Superintendent of Police-West Khasi Hills District | 1 Superintendent of Police-West Garo Hills District | 1 Superintendent of Police-East Garo Hills District | 1 Superintendent of Police-Ri-Bhoi District | 1 Superintendent of Police- West Jantia Hills District | 1 Superintendent of Police-South Garo Hills District | 1 Superintendent of Police-Special Branch | 1 Superintendent of Police-Crime Investigation Department | 1 Principal Police Training School | 1 Commandant Police Battalion- 1st MLP Battalion | 1 Commandant Police Battalion- 2nd MLP Battalion | 1 Commandant Police Battalion- 3rd MLP Battalion (1st IR Bn.) | 1 Commandant Police Battalion- 4th MLP Battalion (2nd IR Bn.) | 1 Assistant Inspector General of Police | 1 Superintendent of Police- North Garo Hills District | 1 Superintendent of Police, South West Garo Hills District, Ampati | 1 Superintendent of Police, East Jaintiai Hills, District, Khliehriat | 1 1 | Total Senior Duty Posts | 113 2 | Central Deputation Reserve not exceeding 40% of item 1 above | 45 3 | State Deputation Reserve not exceeding 25% of item 1 above | 28 4 | Training Reserve not exceeding 3.5% of item 1 above | 03 5 | Leave Reserve and Junior Posts Reserve not exceeding 16.5% of Item 1 above | 18 6 | Posts to be filled by promotion under Rule 9 of the Indian Police Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1954 not exceeding 33 1/3% of Item 1,2,3 & 4 above | 63 7 | Posts to be filled up by Direct Recruitment (Items 1+2+3+4+5-6) | 144 Total Authorized Strength | 207" [F. No. 11052/02/2025-AIS-II (A)] RAJESH KUMAR YADAV, Under Secy. [PART II—खण्ड 3(i)] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY 9 Note (1): Prior to issue of this notification, the Total Authorized Strength of Assam- Meghalaya Cadre was 195. Note (2): The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India vide SRO No. 3351 dated 22nd October 1955. These were subsequently amended in respect of the Assam- Meghalaya Cadre by the following GSR No. and date:- S. No. | G.S.R. No. | Date | S.No. | G.S.R. No. | Date 1. | 42 E | 20.01.1972 | 7. | 113 E | 03.03.1998 2. | 542 | 29.04.1978 | 8. | 108 | 06.04.2002 3. | 198 E | 16.07.1982 | 9. | 192 E | 24.03.2009 4. | 765 E | 18.12.1982 | 10. | 230E | 01.04.2009 5. | 1005 | 31.12.1988 | 11. | 619E | 23.07.2010 6. | 41 | 01.02.1992 | 12. | 197(E) | 23.02.2018 Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. 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