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Taking superior enactment of the inordinate hold by respective states successful sending proposals for assignment of Director General of Police, the Supreme Court connected Thursday (February 5, 2026) authorised the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to bring specified instances to its notice.
The apex tribunal granted 4 weeks to the UPSC to convene a gathering and marque proposal for assignment of Director General of Police (DGP) for Telangana, wherever the past regular DPG retired successful 2017.
A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi afloat endorsed the interest expressed by the UPSC regarding the inordinate hold connected the portion of respective states successful sending connection for assignment of DGPs successful presumption of the apical court's directions successful the Prakash Singh case.
In the Prakash Singh lawsuit which relates to constabulary reforms, the apex tribunal had laid down guidelines which mandates enactment of DGPs from among 3 senior-most IPS officers empanelled by the UPSC and sets a fixed two-year tenure for them.
The UPSC told the Bench that hold connected the portion of State deprives meritorious and elder officers from being considered for assignment arsenic DGP.
The Commission said respective states support connected delaying sending connection for assignment of DGP successful full disregard of the apex court's directions and an ad-hoc statement by appointing acting DGP was being preferred alternatively of regular appointment.
"In bid to guarantee that determination is nary defiance of the directions issued successful the Prakash Singh case, we hereby authorise the UPSC to firstly constitute to the authorities governments to sent timely connection for assignment of DGP," the Bench said.
The apical tribunal directed the UPSC to determination an exertion earlier it successful the Prakash Singh lawsuit if the connection is not timely submitted by the States.
The Bench was proceeding a petition filed by the UPSC challenging a January 9 bid of the Telangana High Court.
The precocious tribunal had asked the Commission to implicit the full process of enactment of DGP for Telangana, preferably wrong 4 weeks, arsenic per the guidelines issued by the apex tribunal and by continuing the process initiated by the state.
During the proceeding earlier the apex court, the counsel appearing for the UPSC said determination is simply a superior lapse connected the portion of State of Telangana successful not submitting the connection wrong the clip framework prescribed by the apical tribunal successful Prakash Singh case.
The Commission said the past regular DGP successful Telangana was appointed successful November 2015 and the serviceman retired successful November 2017.
The Bench noted the Commission's interest that determination is simply a superior omission connected the portion of States successful not submitting timely connection for convening of the empanelment committee meeting, arsenic a effect of which assorted elder officers person either retired oregon person been overlooked oregon superseded.
"We clasp without immoderate hesitation that the UPSC should convene the empanelment committee gathering astatine the earliest and marque proposal for assignment of DGP for the State of Telangana astatine the earliest," the Bench said.
It granted 4 much weeks to the Commission to bash the needful.
