The Director General-Inspector General of Police (DG-IGP), Karnataka, has issued fresh orders implementing the State government’s decision to overhaul the existing orderly system in the Police Department and introduce an alternative arrangement in place of deploying police personnel as orderlies.
The order, issued in compliance with multiple government communications culminating in Government Order dated January 12, 2026, provides for the creation of 373 follower (attendant) posts in the Civil Police, subject to the abolition of an equal number of posts in the Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP).
Under the revised policy, police personnel will no longer be assigned as orderlies to senior officers. Instead, followers will be engaged- primarily through outsourcing- with wages fixed in accordance with minimum wage norms and subject to conditions laid down in the March 8, 2017 government order.
Revised structure
As per the new arrangement, Director General of Police (DGPs) and Additional Director General of Police (ADGPs) will be allowed three followers, Inspector-General of Police (IGPs) two followers, Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Superintendent of Police (SP) and Commandants one follower each. In the case of the DG&IGP, six follower posts will continue as per the 2017 order, with a “no dual benefit” condition.
