The Madras High Court on Thursday (September 11, 2025) dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the appointment of G Venkatraman (IPS:1994:TN) as in-charge Director General of Police/Head of Police Force (DGP/HoPF) in Tamil Nadu.
A Division Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan held that an ad hoc appointment was necessary to ensure continuity until a regular DGP is appointed, and such interim arrangements cannot be questioned.
The Bench further noted that the Supreme Court had already issued directions on September 8 regarding the regular appointment of a DGP, making the current challenge to the stopgap arrangement untenable.
The petition was filed by R. Varadaraj, a former Inspector of Police turned advocate and president of Nethaji Makkal Katchi, who argued that the State should have appointed a regular DGP from among eligible IPS officers instead of delaying the process through an ad hoc posting.
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