Mr. FB Manley Bursar of Sanawar during the 1960s passed away in London on January 21, 2010. He will remain a stalwart in the tradition and history of Sanawar.
Heartfelt condolences to Mrs Manley and family. May his soul rest in peace.

From the OS Fraternity

"INSIDE BABUDOM
Political Interference Made Him Quit Police
Prabhjot Singh
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 22

Political interference in the working of the Police Department is nothing new to this region. Way back in 1964, Felix Bernard Manley, who belonged to the 1939 batch of the Indian Police, quit his job in protest against political interference. He also perhaps belonged to the select group of British who had entered the Indian Police through competition.

Among a few survivors of the Indian Police, appointed during the British Empire, is Ashwani Kumar, also of the Punjab Police. It was the Indian Police that paved the way for the Indian Police Service in free India.

Manley, who was the last British Principal of the Police Training School at Phillaur, died yesterday in London at the age of 91.

Manley had the distinction of serving the pre-Partition Punjab and had stints in many of the major districts of west Punjab, now in Pakistan, besides serving some areas that after the 1966 re-organisation formed parts of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.

Before he quit his job, he was awarded the President's Police Medal for meritorious service. Rajdeep Singh Gill, Director-General of Police-cum-Director, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Police Academy, who follows religiously career graphs of his seniors and predecessors, says that after the police job, Manley worked on the management of the Lawrence School, Sanawar, for some time before moving back to England where he settled in London.

After his schooling in Britain and graduation from France, he cleared the competition for appointment to the then Indian Police.

Manley had his initial training at Phillaur Training School before he got his first posting as Assistant Superintendent of Police, Shimla. He held similar stints in Gujarat, Sialkot and Lahore, all in west Punjab in Pakistan now. Subsequently on his promotion as Superintendent of Police, he remained district police chief of Jhang, Ambala, Shimla, Lahore and Ferozepore.

Manley also had a stint as Assistant IG of Railway Police before going to Phillaur as the Principal of the Police Training School. Manley also remained Deputy Inspector-General of Jalandhar, Ambala and Border Ranges besides serving the Punjab Armed Police."