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The sheet of 3 officers acceptable for assignment arsenic Director General of Police/Head of Police Force of Tamil Nadu constabulary volition beryllium finalised connected March 20, 2026.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has convened the Empanelment Committee Meeting (ECM) successful Delhi to shortlist and urge the names of 3 DGP-rank officers to the apical post.
On February 12, 2026, the Supreme Court ordered that the assignment of a regular DGP/HoPF successful Tamil Nadu should beryllium completed wrong 3 weeks.
The State Government was fixed 1 week’s clip to nonstop the database of eligible DGP-rank officers to the UPSC and the second 2 weeks to finalise a sheet of 3 officers, 1 among whom would beryllium appointed forthwith to caput the constabulary force.
The Supreme Court gave these instructions portion disposing of a contempt petition filed by Kishore K. Swamy of Chennai who argued that the State had violated the apex court’s guidelines successful the Prakash Singh lawsuit arsenic regards the assignment of State DGPs.
Clarifications sought
Though the State authorities sent the connection wrong a week, the UPSC wrote backmost calling for immoderate missing details. It besides wanted the State to nonstop the afloat database of DGPs successful Level-16 wage people and not see those successful Level-15, constabulary sources said.
G. Venkatraman, a 1994-batch IPS officer, has been holding the station of in-charge DGP/HoPF since September 2025 pursuing the superannuation of Shankar Jiwal.
Among the different 5 officers elder to him, 1 serviceman whitethorn not beryllium eligible considering the norm that determination has to beryllium a minimum of six months residual work near for information to the station of DGP/HoPF. However, the serviceman was eligible connected the day erstwhile the vacancy arose (September 1, 2025).
The State has withdrawn the Integrity Certificate for 1 serviceman citing allegations of corruption, the sources said.
The Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary and Home Secretary volition correspond the State successful the ECM. The 3 others would beryllium the UPSC chairperson oregon his nominee, the Union Home Secretary oregon his nominee and a DGP of 1 of the Central Armed Paramilitary Forces, the sources said.
