New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said it will hear on January 15, the petitions of various state governments seeking to implement their local laws regarding selection and appointment of Director General of Police (DGP).
The top court said it will hear the pleas of Bihar, Punjab and Haryana along with the petitions filed by West Bengal and Kerala.
“List the applications next Tuesday i.e. January 15, 2019 along with the applications filed by the States of West Bengal and Kerala,” said a bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and S K Kaul.
The apex court had on December 12 last year, extended till January 31 the tenures of present DGPs of Punjab and Haryana and agreed to hear the states’ pleas seeking to implement their local laws regarding selection and appointment of the police chief.
DGPs — Suresh Arora (Punjab) and B S Sandhu (Haryana) — were due to retire on December 31 last year and now they will remain in office till January 31 as per the earlier order of the apex court.
Several states including Punjab, Haryana and Bihar are seeking modification of apex court’s earlier order directing all the states to mandatorily take the assistance of the UPSC in short-listing the names for appointing DGPs.