Chandigarh, Feb. 11 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday expressed surprise regarding Punjab police's transfer policy and asked whether the transfer norms applicable to lower rank police officers would be applied to higher-ranking officials as well.

The court directed the state's director general of police (DGP) to consider that police officers of the rank of inspector and above, who have stayed in a particular district for three years at a stretch, are transferred to other places in terms of these instructions.

"It is strange that such a policy is applicable to only lower rank police officials. Such a policy ought to be applicable to higher ranks. The state should consider that those police officers of the rank of inspector ...