Tamil Nadu’s chances of getting a regular DGP are going to be delayed further as the state government has written to the UPSC requesting to postpone the Empanelment Committee Meeting (ECM), scheduled on May 11.
The reason given by the state is that the presence of the Chief Secretary and the Home Secretary is absolutely essential in the next few days. But the actual reason is the ongoing political developments and stalemate in the formation of a new government.
A top govt official is said to have requested the UPSC to postpone the meeting to some other date, preferably in the last week of May.
This is the third time that the ECM is going to be postponed. It was first scheduled on March 20, 2026, and was deferred due to administrative reasons and then on April 23, 2026, as it coincided with polling day for the Assembly elections.
According to police sources, current DGP Sandeep Rai Rathore (IPS:1992:TN), who was appointed by the Election Commission, replacing acting DGP G. Venkatraman (IPS:1994:TN), will continue to head the force till a regular DGP is appointed through the UPSC as per the Supreme Court guidelines in the Prakash Singh case.
The ECM, led by the UPSC Chairman, will include the Union Home Secretary, the DG of one of the Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (not belonging to the Tamil Nadu cadre), the Chief Secretary, and the Home Secretary of Tamil Nadu.
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