No Need To Become Big For Big Boots: What Is Happening With Top Echeholns of IPS?

The current landscape for IPS officers is getting trickier day by day, and it's becoming tough to sustain in high profile races. The surprising derailment of some DG rank officers of 1989 batch for DG level posts and later putting an IPS officer at the peak without empanelment has certainly not gone too well with some deserving or top echelons of IPS officers. It has pushed many to think or doubt their credentials even after reaching at the top of seniority. One senior IPS officer in the condition of anonymity- "We don't understand what is happening with us- Is it seniority, merit, working style or timing, what went wrong is still not figured with top echelons of IPS officers,s especially with 1989 batch. It always been the fight of empanelment which makes one IPS officer part of long races to grab prestigious posts at the center. In short, you have to become big to wear big boots. However, a recent development has defeated all these notions and opened a small light for those who never become too big to wear big boots. Top sources say that time factor became important in making someone wear big boots. All those who were ready to wear big boots were asked to remove them and keep them on the shelf back for someone else. Time to blame or equations, it will remain a subject for discussion in the power corridors but one thing is quite clear that there is now no pressing need to become big or to ruthlessly fight for empanelment to wear big boots.