India, June 24 -- The Punjab government on Tuesday promoted five IPS officers of the 2011 batch to the rank of deputy inspector general of police (DIG).

According to the notification, Nanak Singh, Gaurav Garg, Deepak Hilori, Gurmeet Chauhan and Naveen Saini have been promoted.

"This promotion would be subject to pending writ petitions/court orders/compliance reports in the Punjab and Haryana high court," the order read.

Nanak Singh and Deepak Hilori are being promoted subject to the condition that the actual financial benefits and all future increments shall accrue only after the completion of the mid-career training programme phase.

The orders said as a necessary safeguard, the promotion of Gurmit Singh Chauhan and Naveen Saini would...