On January 7, 2026, the Madras High Court ordered Tamil Nadu's Home Secretary to form district-level monitoring committees headed by District Collectors. These committees will ensure no police officer, serving or retired, makes uniformed police personnel do personal or household chores. This comes despite the ‘orderly’ system being abolished in 1979. The committees will include a revenue official at or above District Revenue Officer rank and two police officers chosen by the Collectors. They will collect information, inspect, and act on complaints. Advocate General P.S. Raman proposed these committees after judges expressed shock over police staff being made to clean shoes, cook, and run errands for senior officers. The court noted that these practices could harm police integrity and lead to corruption. Justice S.M. Subramaniam said, “We fail to understand how police personnel trained in handling arms could be forced to do menial jobs at the residences of both retired as well as serving police officers.” He added that police paid by the public must not be misused for personal work. Mr. Raman agreed the practice was “evil” and shared, “Even my Personal Security Officer often carries my shopping bags, but his job is to protect me, not to carry bags.” He also said the Home Secretary had already instructed the Director-General of Police to stop using police personnel for household tasks and that such orders should be closely followed. The court stressed the need for fresh measures since past government instructions failed to stop the misuse. It gave two weeks to set up the committees to wipe out the ‘orderly’ culture for good.