Question : DEPLOYMENT OF TAMIL NADU POLICE AT TIHAR JAIL

(a) whether there is any dispute between the Union Government and the Government of NCT of Delhi over the payment of arrears for the deployment of Tamil Nadu Special Police (TNSP) at Tihar Jail from 1997 to 1999 as reported in the Times of India dated September 29, 2007;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons for seeking the deployment of Tamil Nadu Special Police in Tihar Jail;

(c) the total amount of arrears to be paid;

(d) whether the said matter has finally been sorted out;

(e) since when the matter is still pending with Union Government; and

(f) the steps taken/proposed to be taken to make payment to the (TNSP) by the Union Government?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRIMATI V. RADHIKA SELVI)

(a) to (f): The Government of NCT of Delhi has informed that it has paid the charges of deployment of Tamil Nadu Special Police in connection with its deployment at Tihar Jail from 1.4.1997 to 31.3.2006 including payment of Rs. 22,10,49,361.00 for the period 1.4.1997 to 30.4.1999. The Tamil Nadu Special Police has been deployed at Tihar Jail in the interest of prison as well as prisoners and to prevent any undue intimacy between the security personnel and prisoners due to language barrier.