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According to new guidelines cleared by the state cabinet, a committee headed by a retired high court judge will decide the states new police chief, meaning that the state government need not send a list of names to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for selection...
Given the composition of the UPSC panelchairman, Union home secretary, sitting DGP of the state, sitting chief secretary and a member of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) who is not of the cadre of the state for which a DGP is to be decidedthe Centre used to have a decisive say in the appointments of state DGPs...
According to the new rules cleared by the UP cabinet, the selection committee headed by a retired high court judge will consist of the chief secretary, a person nominated by the UPSC, the UP Public Service Commission chairman or their nominee, an additional chief secretary or principal secretary (Home) and a retired DGP...
The successive appointments of four acting DGPs (D.S. Chauhan, R.K. Vishwakarma, Vijay Kumar and Prashant Kumar) in such a short duration suggest differences between the state and the Centre when it comes to naming the police chief, functionaries in the Opposition told ThePrint...
With these rules in place, Prashant Kumar, who is considered close to the chief minister, may be made the full-time DGP for a fixed two-year tenure, sources in the state government told ThePrint.The minimum tenure of the DGP will be two years, according to the new amendment..
