Chennai, June 21 (TIWN) The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Tamil Nadu government not to post police constables as orderlies to Indian Police Service (IPS) officers and instead appoint residential assistants.

Justice S.M. Subramanian of the Madras High Court said it was an offence to post a police constable who was earning Rs 45,000 per month as salary as the orderly to an IPS officer. The judge asked why a trained police constable is doing cooking, washing clothes, and mopping floors at the residences of officers.

The judge also directed the government to immediately withdraw the services of constables from the residences of serving and retired officers and institute disciplinary proceedings besides registering criminal cases wherever necessary.