New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a plea filed by the states of Punjab, West Bengal, Kerala, Bihar and Haryana to appoint director general of police through an internal state committee rather than UPSC.
Earlier, the above states had filed an application seeking to implement their local laws regarding selection and appointment of DGP.
On Tuesday, the apex court had asked the UPSC secretary to personally appear and inform the court if the commission prepares a panel of senior IPS officers for director general of police (DGP) appointments by state governments.
The direction came after lawyer Prashant Bhushan said the lists of senior IPS officers are not prepared by UPSC but by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).
SC’s 2006 judgment in Prakash Singh had ordered that UPSC would prepare a panel of senior police officers from which a state can choose DGP