Taking a cue from the Supreme Court’s tough stance on the appointment of a regular DGP, the Telangana High Court has now set the deadline for the state government to name a full-time DGP within a week. The HC has set April 13 as the deadline to select a regular DGP from the panel shortlisted by the UPSC and inform the High Court of its decision.
Despite the strict warning from the apex court against delaying the appointment of a regular DGP, the Telangana government continues to retain B Shivadhar Reddy (IPS:1994:TG) as an acting DGP. Reddy was appointed acting DGP in September last year. The fact is this adhocism has continued since 2017.
The Supreme Court, in its order on February 5 this year, had slammed states for avoiding to appoint full-time DGPs with a fixed two-year tenure as mandated. The top court had even authorized the UPSC to initiate contempt proceedings against the states delaying the appointment of full-time DGPs.
It was after the apex court’s ruling that the UPSC submitted a panel of three IPS officers on March 12 to the state govt to pick one of them as a regular DGP. These officers include CV Anand (IPS:1991:TG), currently posted as Special Chief Secretary (Home); Vinayak Prabhakar Apte (IPS:1994:TG), currently serving as Special Director of the Intelligence Bureau; and Soumya Mishra (IPS:1994:TG), currently posted as DG Prisons
The matter will be taken up on April 13.
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