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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has maintained presumption quo successful the substance of appointing a caller Director General of Police/Head of Police Force for Tamil Nadu. The practice of Chief Secretary N. Muruganandham explaining the reasons wherefore the names of 3 DGPs shortlisted by the UPSC was not acceptable to the State has been “disposed”.
According to authoritative sources, the UPSC has written backmost to the Tamil Nadu authorities reiterating its determination connected the sheet of DGP candidates acceptable for assignment arsenic DGP/HoPF. “We person disposed of the practice from Tamil Nadu...status quo remains,” a elder authoritative successful the cardinal bureau told ‘The Hindu’ connected Tuesday.
The assignment of a caller DGP/HoPF was necessitated pursuing the status of Shankar Jiwal connected August 30, 2025. Though the connection comprising the names of eligible DGP-rank officers to the apical station should person been sent to the UPSC 3 months earlier the anticipated vacancy (August 30, 2025), it was handed implicit successful idiosyncratic lone connected August 29, 2025. A elder serviceman moving the Central Administrative Tribunal and past the Supreme Court seeking to see his sanction successful the sheet was cited arsenic the crushed for the delay.
After G. Venkatraman was appointed arsenic in-charge for the station of DGP/HoPF, a Madurai-based advocator Henri Tiphagne moved a contempt petition accusing the State Government of not pursuing the Supreme Court guidelines successful the Prakash Singh lawsuit (in the substance of appointing DGPs). Passing orders successful the case, the apex tribunal requested the UPSC to expeditiously implicit the process of empanelment and directed the Tamil Nadu authorities to instrumentality steps forthwith to name a regular DGP.
The UPSC convened the Empanlment Committee gathering connected September 26, 2025, and recommended the names of apical 3 officers (Seema Agrawal, Rajeev Kumar, and Sandeep Rai Rathore) arsenic acceptable for assignment arsenic DGP/HoPF. However, the Chief Secretary wrote to the UPSC saying the sheet of shortlisted officers was not acceptable to the State Government and gave a elaborate mentation justifying the same, the sources said.
With the hold successful appointing a regular DGP/HoPF drafting disapproval from Leader of Opposition and AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami, State instrumentality Minister S. Reghupathy issued a connection connected October 22, accusing the Centre of ignoring Tamil Nadu’s views and trying to name an serviceman of its prime arsenic DGP.
He said the UPSC had finalised the names of definite officers contempt beardown objections raised by the State astatine the Empanelment Committee Meeting. The Tamil Nadu authorities would instrumentality each indispensable steps to support its rights connected the issue, helium added.
