Government restores entry of women into T.N. Special Police

About 14 years later, the Tamil Nadu government brought women’s entrance and reservation back to Tamil Nadu Special Police (TSP or ‘Armed Police’ or ‘Battalion Police’) and 17 years later, the single -entry system for the recruitment of police officers.
The decision is expected to offer education and exposure to women while serving in armed police battalions. “Tamil Nadu Private Police will be reservation in women in a GO, published by the Ministry of Interior at the beginning of this month.
The only entry system will also help to avoid seniority problems and provide uniformity among new recruitment. After joining the armed police battalions, they will be shifted to the armed reserve of the region a few years and then to the Taluk Police Station.
Prime Minister MK Stalin announced in May that the only entrance system will be restored to the employment of police officers.
He pointed to the bar in including women in TN Special Police and said that a single -entry system would enable women to enter each of the TSP battalions.
Previously, one of the 15 teaspoons of battalions – Vaishnavi Nagar near Avadi – Vat Battalion – was only for women. Some battalions only had one/some companies for women. In 2011, however, orders were not only in the TSP, but to the SI and Constable ranks to hire only in the Taluk/Armed Reserve categories.
Since 1990, the police officers, who participated in armed police battalions on recruitment, were later shifted to the regional armed reserve and then to the Taluk Police Station. However, in 2008, TSP and districts/cities were decided to make separate recruitment for armed reserves.
The lack of a single entrance system, while the candidates hired in previous years continued to serve in armed police battalions, then the hired people were promoted to the police stations.
TSP’s officers and personnel are placed in various sections within and outside the state for large law and order taxes, including election duties.
8. The battalion was deployed to dedicate the Tihar prison in Delhi, while the 13th Battalion was redesigned as Tamil Nadu Disaster Response Power.
As in January 1 this year, the total sanction power of the TN police was 1,33,961 officers and staff. 26,589 of this were female staff. In April this year, with the recruitment of the SI for Taluks and the armed reserve, 30% of the empty positions were reserved for female candidates.
Published – 25 August 2025 12:37 IST


