The Arunachal Pradesh Gazette

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 222, Vol. XXXIII, Naharlagun, Monday, August 3, 2026, Sravana 12, 1948 (Saka)

GOVERNMENT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH

DEPARTMENT OF HOME

ITANAGAR

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NOTIFICATION

The 28th July, 2026

No. HOME-12023/4/2025/749.—The Government of Arunachal Pradesh is pleased to order the grant of

Special Grade to the posts of Jail warden, Jail Driver, Head warden and Chief Head Warden in the Department

of Prisons and Correctional Administration, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.

The grant of Special Grade shall be governed by the following conditions :

HEAD WARDEN (SPECIAL GRADE) IN JAIL DEPARTMENT :

That he/she must have completed 15 years of service as on the 1st January of the calendar year.

A Jail Warden and Jail Driver who has been designated as Head warden/Head Warden Driver

(Special Grade) will be promoted to the grade of Head Warden/Head Warden Driver as and when his

turn comes in the regular line of promotion, unless he/she is found ineligible.

Head Warden/Head Warden Driver (Special Grade) will be personal to the rank of the person so

designated.

The person so designated will be eligible to wear the uniform of Head Warden/Head Warden Driver with

the badge of three strips in white.

He/She will not be eligible for higher Pay and allowance in the rank of Head Warden through the grant

of Special Grade.

His/her seniority will not be changed in the cadre of the Jail Warden/Jail Driver on the grant of this rank

of Head Warden/Head Warden Driver (Special Grade).

This Special Grade will automatically stand cancelled and revert back to the rank of Jail Warden/Jail

Driver (Substantive) in case the department finds adverse remarks i.e. APAR/ACR/DE/DP contemplated

against the promote.

The Jail warden/Jail Driver who have been designated as Head Warden/Head Warden Driver

(Special Grade) will continue to perform the same duty of Jail Warden and Jail Driver. In case he/she

does not perform the assigned duty, concerned SP/unit In-charge shall furnish detail report to JHQ for

decision of IGP to discontinue the grade of Head Warden (Special Grade) against the defaulter.

Any representation through court or any local representative for regularization of Special Grade designation

shall not be entertained. However, the Jail Warden/Jail Driver who has been designated as Head

Warden/Head Warden Driver (Special Grade) will be promoted to the rank of Head Warden/Head

Warden Driver as and when his turn comes in the regular line of the promotion as per existing RR and

regulations, unless he/she is found ineligible.

CHIEF HEAD WARDEN (SPECIAL GRADE) IN JAIL DEPARTMENT :

That he/she must have completed 20 years of service as on the 1st January of the calendar year.

A Jail Warden/Jail Driver/Head Warden/Head Warden Driver who has been designated as Chief Head

Warden/Chief Head Warden Driver (Special Grade) will be promoted to the grade of Chief Head Warden/

Chief Head Warden Driver as and when his turn comes in the regular line of promotion, unless he/she

is found ineligible.

Chief Head Warden/Chief Warden Driver (Special Grade) will be personal to the rank of the person so

designated.

The person so designated will be eligible to wear the uniform of Chief Head Warden/Chief Head Warden

of Jail.

He/She will not be eligible for higher Pay and allowance in the rank of Chief Head Warden/Chief Head

Warden Driver (Special Grade) through the grant of Special Grade.

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His/her seniority will not be changed in the cadre of the Jail Warden/Jail Driver/Head Warden/Head

Warden Driver on the grant of this rank of Chief Head Warden/Chief Head Warden Driver

(Special Grade).

This Special Grade will automatically stand cancelled and revert back to the rank of Jail Warden/Jail

Driver/Head Warden/Head Warden Driver (Substantive post) in case the department finds adverse

remarks i.e. APAR/ACR/DE/DP contemplated against the person so designated.

The Jail Warden/Jail Driver/Head Warden/Head Warden Driver who have been designated as Chief Head

Warden/Chief Head Warden Driver Special Grade will continue to perform the same duty of Jail Warden/

Jail Driver/Head warden/Head Warden Driver. In case he/she does not perform the same duty, concerned

SP/unit In-charge shall furnish detail report to JHQ for decision of IGP to discontinue Special Grade rank

against the defaulter.

Any representation through court or any local representative for regularization of Special Grade designation

shall not be entertained. However, the Jail Warden/Jail Driver/Head Warden/Head Warden Driver who

have been designated as Chief Head Warden/Chief Head Warden Driver (Special Grade) will be promoted

to the rank of Chief Head Warden/Chief Head Warden Driver as and when his turn comes in the regular

line of the promotion as per existing RR and regulations, unless he/she is found ineligible.

ASSISTANT JAILOR IN JAIL DEPARTMENT :

That he/she must have completed 30 years of service as on the 1st January of the calendar year.

A Jail Warden/Jail Driver/Head Warden Driver/Head Warden/Chief Head Warden/Chief Head Warden

Driver who have been designated as Assistant Jailor/Assistant Jail Driver (Special Grade) will be promoted

to the grade of Assistant Jailor/Assistant Jailor Driver, as and when his turn comes in the regular line of

promotion, unless he/she is found ineligible.

3. Assistant Jailor/Assistant Jailor Driver (Special Grade) will be the personal rank of the person so

designated.

4. The person so designated will be eligible to wear the uniform of Assistant Jailor/Assistant Jailor

Driver of Jail.

5. He/She will not be eligible for higher Pay and allowance by the grant of this rank of Assistant Jailor/

Assistant Jailor Driver (Special Grade).

6. His/her seniority will not be changed in the cadre of the Jail warden/Jail Driver/Head Warden/Head

Warden Driver/Chief Head Warden/Chief Head warden Driver on the grant of this rank of Assistant

Jailor/Assistant Jailor Driver (Special Grade).

This Special Grade will automatically stand cancelled and revert back to the rank of Jail Warden/Jail

Driver/Head Warden/Head Warden Driver/Chief Head Warden/Chief Head Warden Driver (Substantive

post), in case the department finds adverse remarks i.e. APAR/ACR/DE/DP contemplated against the

person so designated.

The Jail Warden/Jail Driver/Head Warden/Head Warden Driver/Chief Head Warden/Chief Head warden

Driver who have been designated as Assistant Jailor/Assistant Jailor Driver Special Grade will continue

to perform the same duty of Jail Warden/Jail Driver/Head Warden/Head Warden Driver/Chief Head

Warden/Chief Head Warden Driver. In case he/she does not perform the same duty, concerned SP/unit

In-charge shall furnish detail report to JHQ for decision of IGP to discontinue the grade of Assistant

Jailor/Assistant Jailor Driver Special Grade against the defaulter.

Any representation through court or any local representative for regularization of Special Grade designation

shall not be entertained. However, the Jail Warden/Jail Driver/Head Warden/Head Warden Driver/Chief

Head Warden/Chief Head Warden Driver who have been designated as Assistant Jailor/Assistant

Jailor Driver Special Grade will be promoted to the rank of Assistant Jailor as and when his turn comes

in the regular line of the promotion as per existing RR and regulations, unless he/she is found ineligible.

Kaling Tayeng, IAS

Principal Secretary (Home),

Government of Arunachal Pradesh,

Itanagar.

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