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Don’t appoint acting DGPs, SC to states
The Supreme Court passed a slew of directions on police reforms in the country and restrained all states and union territories from appointing any police officer as acting Directors General of Police (DGPs) to avoid favouritism and nepotism in such high-level appointments.
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The top court’s direction came on an application filed by the Centre in which it claimed that certain states have been appointing acting DGPs and then making them permanent just before the date of their superannuation to enable them get the benefit of an additional two-year tenure till the age of 62 years.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud passed slew of directions for appointment of state police chiefs.
“None of the states shall ever conceive of the idea of appointing any person on the post of Director General of Police on acting basis, for there is no concept of acting Director General of Police...,” the bench said.
Chronicling the steps to be taken for appointment of the police chief, the apex court said, “All the states shall send their proposals in anticipation of the vacancies to the UPSC well in time, at least three months prior to the date of retirement of the incumbent on the post of Director General of Police”.
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