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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has revised the rules for the empanelment of the State Director General of Police and Head of Police Force.
State Governments volition present person to get the consent of the Supreme Court for immoderate hold successful submitting the database of DGP-rank officers to the UPSC for empanelment.
While disposing of an interlocutory exertion moved by the Union Home Ministry, the Supreme Court had ruled that States should nonstop their proposals successful anticipation of the vacancies to the UPSC good successful clip – astatine slightest 3 months anterior to the day of status of the incumbent connected the station of DGP.
It besides ordered that “none of the States shall ever conceive of the thought of appointing immoderate idiosyncratic to the station of Director General of Police connected an acting ground for determination is nary conception of an acting Director General of Police arsenic per the determination successful Prakash Singh’s case.”
With galore States delaying the process of sending proposals for shortlisting the names of 3 DGPs for the apical station for assorted reasons and immoderate appointing acting DGPs, the UPSC sought ineligible sentiment successful the matter.
The UPSC said “it is observed that galore States person been submitting the proposals for convening the Empanelment Committee Meeting successful usurpation of the Supreme Court directions.”
Excessive delay
The Attorney General of India (AGI) opined that the hold by the State authorities successful forwarding names for empanelment was “excessive”.
“On examining the applicable rules and precedents, I find nary proviso empowering the UPSC to condone specified inordinate hold and past proceed arsenic though nary irregularity had occurred, yet recommending a sheet of DGP,” the AGI said.
The State authorities should person archetypal travel to the Supreme Court successful lawsuit of immoderate difficulty. The much due course, therefore, would beryllium to necessitate the State to question permission oregon clarification from the Supreme Court, the AGI noted.
Amending its earlier orders, the UPSC said the States shall question permission oregon clarification from the Supreme Court for delayed submission but for death, resignation oregon premature relieving of DGP successful accordance with the apex tribunal judgment.
