Kerala Police Association moves High Court against Home dept.’s order restructuring police forums
The Kerala Police Association has filed a writ petition in the High Court challenging a government order that restructures police associations. The KPA argues the order is illegal and threatens the independence of associations established following the 1979 National Police Commission recommendations.
Why it matters
The dispute highlights tensions between state administrative authority and the organizational autonomy of police unions.
Resentment is brewing in the lower echelons of the State police in the wake of an order issued by the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) (ACS) restructuring the membership framework and organisational structure of police associations.
A day after the order was issued, on Wednesday, the Kerala Police Association (KPA), comprising civil police officers (CPOs) and senior civil police officers (SCPOs), moved a writ petition in the High Court seeking quashing of the order, which it termed illegal and violative of the fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution. The association also challenged the jurisdictional authority of the ACS (Home) to pass the order.
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