As the promotion of 175 senior inspectors has been awaiting clearance from the home department since November, there is a buzz in Mantralaya that political infighting is causing the delay. Cops, who are waiting for their posting as the assistant commissioner of police (ACP), have sought Devendra Fadnavis’s intervention. “The police department has prepared and sent the list to the home department, which is yet to give its approval,” said a senior police officer on the condition of anonymity.

In September last year, 175 senior police inspectors were asked which of three districts they would prefer to be posted to as ACP. Thereafter, the state police headquarters prepared a proposal and sent it to the home department on November 3 for approval. Another police officer, requesting anonymity, told mid-day that the cops on the list were curious, as some of them are nearing retirement.