The Supreme Court is going to hear Jharkhand DGP Tadasha Mishra (IPS:1994:JH)’s appointment case on September 29.
The apex court on Thursday was hearing the Odisha DGP appointment case when a request was made to hear the Jharkhand DGP appointment case as well, which was accepted by the court.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant will now hear the case.
Mishra was appointed a full-time DGP on December 30, 2025, while she was to retire the very next day on December 31, 2025.
Earlier, senior advocate Raju Ramachandran, assisting the Supreme Court as amicus curiae, had told the apex court that Mishra’s appointment was illegal and done in violation of the Supreme Court’s rulings and order.
The apex court had also issued a show-cause notice to the Jharkhand govt in connection with the DGP’s appointment.
The amicus had said in his report that the current DGP’s appointment one day prior to her retirement was clearly in complete violation of the principles laid down in the Prakash Singh case judgments, which required at least six months of residual service for being considered for the DGP post.
Interestingly, the Jharkhand govt framed its own rules, called the “Selection and Appointment of Director General and Inspector General of Police, Jharkhand (Head of Police Force) Rules, 2025,” and removed that six-month service clause.
Former CM and senior BJP leader Babulal Marandi thus challenged the DGP’s appointment as well as the new rules framed by the state govt for the DGP selection.
During the hearing, the top court objected to Mishra’s appointment as DGP, a day before her retirement, in contravention of the apex court ruling.
The apex court was told that the DGP appointment rules were framed without any Act. It was said that the state govt had made appointment rules under the Police Act 1861, under which the appointment rules of the Deputy SP or below officers can be made.
The top court observed that the state govt cannot make rules for the officers of the All-India Service.
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