CHANDIGARH: Punjab police’s former intelligence chief and 1997-batch IPS officer Jatinder Singh Aulakh, who was selected by the Punjab Public Service Commission(PPSC) as DSP in April 1990, is now going to head the same commission as its chairman after clearance from Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit on Wednesday.
The Punjab council of ministers on Wednesday recommended Aulakh’s name for the post of PPSC chairman and the file was cleared by the governor by evening.
Aulakh, who superannuated as ADGP intelligence on January 31 last year after putting in 33 years of service, has been bestowed with the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2022, Police Medal for Meritorious Services in 2011, Chief Minister’s Medal for Outstanding Devotion to Duty in 2012 and three Director General’s Commendation Disc in 2018, 2017 and 2010.
As PPSC chairman’s post was lying vacant since September last year after the retirement of its officiating chairperson Jamit Kaur Teji, the recruitment for the class-1 jobs in the state had been stalled. However, PPSC’s regular chairman Jagbans Singh Powar had superannuated in March last year after which, then PPSC member Teji had taken over as officiating chairperson.
A native of village Bargari in Faridkot district, Aulakh belongs to an agricultural background and his later father Jagwinder Singh Aulakh served as sarpanch of village Bargari for a continuous span of 35 years. Aulakh did his schooling from Punjab Public School Nabha, and prior to joining the services, pursued BA (Honors) from DAV College, Chandigarh. Thereafter, he pursued LL.B as well Masters in History from Panjab University.
