Chennai:A police constable in the Tamil Nadu police has sent an audio representation to the state's DGP JK Tripathy via social media to attract the attention of head of the police force about policemen, two years junior to him, having been promoted, overlooking his batch belonging to 1997.
Head constable Arulanandan, attached to the Tiruchy City Armed Reserve, in the WhatsApp audio, began by comparing the police chief to his father, saying, “Even the superior officer is like one’s father and it is the son’s duty to salute him.”
He went on to say that “I belong to the 1997 batch and I am a Head constable attached to AR Tiruchy. My juniors, belonging to the 1999 batch, have been promoted to sub-inspectors. How come they got promoted before our batch?”
“I am taking the liberty of asking the question because it is like asking my father. We expect justice from you. I don’t think fighting the issue legally is going to help us. You know who is elder and who is younger. I am not saying that they don’t deserve to be promoted. But we too should have been considered," Arulanandan said.