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SENIORITY.
We have stated that the newly recruited should not be
included in the seniority roll with those fully established.
A main feature of this is one of age, the newly
recruited is paid a basic wage on his years of age and receives
annual increments on or as birthday presents while the Pre-War
Officer is paid a basic wage on recruitment or as the proposed
scale puts it, assumed as receiving Pounds 250 at the age of 26 years with incremental advances on the dates of previous promotion.
Be this as it may, it is the future of those younger officers that
is at stake. The newcomer is superimposed throughout the
Seniority Roll and when time takes toll of the ageing, the younger
not of the Pre-War officers will still, as they are at present,
receive the full and sympathetic consideration which they are due,
for the newcomer having been allowed a senior place to them will retain that seniority and secure a promotion which they, the Pre-
War junior officers might, and by right, hope to occupy.
Section 12 of the Police Force Ordinance No.37 of 1932
grants power to the Commissioner of Police to make regulations regarding the Police Force. Sub sections (2) (3) (4) and (5)
of this section make certain provisos, from which we wish to draw
attention to S.S. (2). Any order made under this section when
published becomes part of the Ordinance. We attach herewith a
copy of Special Memo No. 50 of 1941, dated 27/11/41 "Promotion (9)) Board" and in particular we draw attention to the concluding
As an officers' position in the Seniority Roll
paragraph.
is gained by his promotion this latter paragraph safeguards his
interests.
Therefore until the contrary is proved, no one
should supersede him in the said Seniority Roll.
In submitting this Sir, we respectfully beg that it
receives your earnest and sympathetic consideration.
The issue involved being one for the consideration of
Government, we trust that this will be forwarded to the proper
authorities.
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I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
INSPECTOR: 29/1/47