Lucknow, Sep 9 - The Uttar Pradesh government has taken exception to the central government's objection against alleged frequent transfers of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers.

Responding to a letter by union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai to the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Atul Kumar Gupta Wednesday night faxed a strongly worded reply.

'It is not clear from where the union home ministry has got its figures, claiming that IPS officers were being transferred even in a day, a week, month or less than a year,' Gupta pointed out in his letter.

'The Uttar Pradesh government has framed a policy of giving two-year long tenures to IPS officers and that was being adhered to as far as possible. Changes at the senior level have to be made in accordance with the requirements of the state.

'No transfer has been carried out without the express approval of the Civil Services Board, specially constituted for the purpose,' he added.