THE Police Commissioner is prohibited from relying on two order of merit lists published in two departmental orders, which a High Court judge invalidated after ruling that the appointment of a member of the TTPS' Promotions Advisory Board (PAB) in 2020, breached the Police Service Act.

Justice Christopher Sieuchand ruled that the inclusion of Marsha Youssef to the advisory board for the period October 5 to December 10, 2020, breached Section 80 of the Act. He declared she was not eligible to serve as the Ministry of National Security’s representative on this board.

As such, he also prohibited the commissioner from relying on the order of merit lists issued in Departmental Orders 174 of 2020 and 73 of 2021, which were generated by the improperly-constituted board.