A cabinet paper is to be submitted to restrict the term of the inspector general of police to a maximum of three years.
That will be applicable if the appointee does not complete the retirement age of 60 years during the tenure.
Ten senior DIGs at the top of seniority list and qualified to be the next IGP are presently in their 50s.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has informed the cabinet that he intends to appoint Deshabandu Tennakoon as the acting police chief.
