UPSC finalises panel of three officers fit for appointment as T.N. DGP

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) finalised a sheet of 3 IPS officers acceptable for assignment arsenic Director-General of Police/Head of Police Force of Tamil Nadu police.

The UPSC had convened the Empanelment Committee Meeting successful Delhi past Friday to shortlist the sheet of 3 DGP-rank officers for the apical post. The State was represented by its Chief Secretary N. Muruganandham. Top officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs and Central Paramilitary Forces besides participated, the sources said. 

The minutes of the gathering and the names of the 3 eligible officers successful the sheet has been finalised and would beryllium communicated to the Tamil Nadu Government successful a time oregon two, constabulary sources said.

Once the sheet is received, the State would person to instantly name 1 of the officers arsenic a regular DGP/HoPF with a minimum tenure of 2 years successful compliance with the Supreme Court order. 

After sending the panel, the sources said that the integrity certificate for 1 serviceman was withdrawn and immoderate issues were flagged against a mates of others seeking their disqualification. There was nary effect from a apical authorities authorities authoritative to queries sent by The Hindu successful this regard. 

Though the connection comprising the database of 8 eligible DGP-rank officers was sent by the State Government lone successful the past week of August, the Empanelment Committee Meeting was called connected Friday aft the Supreme Court, portion disposing of a contempt case, requested the UPSC to implicit the process expeditiously.

The apical 3 DGPs successful the bid of seniority are Seema Agrawal, Rajeev Kumar, and Sandeep Rai Rathore. The different officers are K. Vanniaperumal, Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal, G. Venkatraman (presently in-charge DGP/HoPF), Vinit Dev Wankhede, and Sanjay Mathur. 

In the contempt case, Madurai-based advocator Henri Tiphagne said the 2018 judgement of the Supreme Court required a State to nonstop a connection successful anticipation of vacancy to the DGP post, to the UPSC astatine slightest 3 months anterior to the superannuation of the incumbent. 

However, the State had not sent specified a connection to the UPSC wrong the timeframe for empanelment and besides appointed an serviceman arsenic in-charge DGP/HoPF successful usurpation of the apex tribunal order, helium said.