Section 25:
Circumstances under which police officer of subordinate rank may resign.
(1) Resignation
of any police officer of subordinate rank may be accepted only by the officer empowered to appoint (the
officer so empowered to appoint being hereafter in this section referred to as the appointing authority)
officers of such subordinate rank.
(2) A police officer of subordinate rank who intends to resign from police service shall give to the
appointing authority notice in writing to that effect and shall not be permitted to withdraw himself from
duty unless he has been granted permission to resign by such authority and two months have elapsed from
the date on which he tendered his resignation:
Provided that the appointing authority may at his discretion, permit a Head Constable or a constable
to withdraw himself from duty on his crediting to the Government two months pay in lieu of notice.
(3) A Head Constable or a constable who has agreed to serve for any specific period may not be
permitted to resign before the expiry of that period.
(4) Inspectors, Sub-Inspectors or Assistant Sub-Inspectors of Police, whose appointments involve
training at any Police Training College or Police Training School may not be permitted to resign within
three years from the date of their successfully completing the training.
(5) No police officer of subordinate rank whose resignation has been accepted by the appointing
authority shall be permitted to withdraw from duty until he has fully discharged all debts, due from him as
such police officer to Government or to any police fund and has surrendered his certificate of appointment, arms, accoutrements, uniform and all other Government property in his possession and has
also rendered a complete account of all Government money and property for which he is responsible.
(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section if any police officer of subordinate rank
tenders his resignation on medical grounds and produces a certificate signed by the police surgeon or any
other medical officer authorised by the Administrator in this behalf declaring him to be unfit by reason of
disease or mental or physical incapacity for further service in the police, the appointing authority shall
forthwith permit him to withdraw from duty on his discharging, or giving a satisfactory security for the
payment of, any debt due from him as such police officer to Government or to any police fund:
Provided that he shall forthwith return the certificate of appointment, arms, accoutrements, uniform
and all other Government property in his possession before he is permitted to withdraw from duty.
(7) If any such police officer of subordinate rank resigns or withdraws himself from the duties of his
office in contravention of this section, he shall be liable on the orders of the appointing authority to forfeit
all arrears of pay then due to him in addition to the penalty to which he may be liable under section 22 or
any other law for the time being in force.
(8) Every such police officer on leaving the service in the Delhi police as aforesaid shall be given by
the appointing authority a Discharge Certificate in such form as may be prescribed.