Mumbai: Bombay High Court on Monday grilling the Maharashtra government and questioned how could the Chief Secretary of Sitaram Kunte Sitiam Kunte as a member of the Selection Committee on three names recommended for the Director General of Maharashtra (DGP) on November 1, and the week later wrote to the UPSC that said The panel has been mistaken in decision making, and seeks the consideration of the name Sanjay Pandey.
“It is not feasible for the CS (Sitaram Kunte) that has been written on November 8,” The bench commented verbally at the hearing of public interest litigation (pill) looking for instructions to the state to accelerate the appointment of permanent DGP for Maharashtra.
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Pandey, as a senior officer – mostly, was acting DGP in the state of Maharashtra.
The state through Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni tried to submit an insured statement by saying that the post had fallen blankly after a former transfer DGP Subodh Jaiswal to the center.
The Investigation Bureau (CBI), but the HC bench of justice Dotkar Datta and Justice MS Karnik who heard the submission asked how to reply increase the case further outside the submission and documents.
Kumbhakoni said the problem of assessment and candidate value was discussed, but HC verbally observed that it was not so mentioned in the minutes of the meeting and added, “minutes did not even mention the secretary’s head.
This is nothing but reflection.
There is nothing in minutes.” Kumbhakoni said because of the wrong interpretation to treat ‘very good’ as ‘good’, the committee recommended three names at the time, and found errors had written all records for UPSC and sent all records for the fourth candidate.
The bench verbally said, “What we found from the pill was the meeting on November 1, 2021, and the Commission recommended three names.
If CS is a party for it, he can say that the commission is not right in disposing of a member A or B for the post? Can members The election committee rewrites that the committee has not considered this aspect or that? “HC said,” If he (CS) is not sure he should ask other members to delay it for some time.
” HC said to declare, “After signing this, whether it was open to Mystan has said that the Committee has said that the committee of the error.
After signing some sanctity must be given …
it cannot be established; there is a procedure …
after you sign the process, you don’t Can claim the decision is wrong and reconsidered “.
The selection committee recommends Hemant Nagral and Rajnish Seth and K Venkatesham for the DGP post but not Pandey, said the additional lawyer General Antil Singh for the center.
He said, “How can the committee indicate objections now?” Add that SC said the state cannot be permanently without DGP.
ABHINAV Chandrachud’s advice for the Advocate Petition Pilition Datta Mane, citing the Supreme Court’s decision to show the reason the state must accelerate the appointment.
He said asking UPSC to reconsider the recommendations and in delaying the process of appointment of a permanent DGP, the Maharashtra government was very lit of lover on police reform in the case of Prakash Singh.
HC also noted that SC has said DGP must have a two-year period and three recommended names will have less than that.
Chairman of Justice said, “We will not delay hearing further” but give time to AG to show any assessment to show why submission that the fourth name was considered, posting the first hearing on Tuesday.
HC asks the country, “Why don’t you receive recommendations with Grace?” The AG, “but for this communication sent by CS waiting with UPSC.” He said the upsc might be asked to decide whether it was considering the fourth name too and once it was clear that the state would continue.
AG said, “We continue to remind UPC to make decisions – does it tend to consider the fourth name or only three names?” HC quoted the 1994 Supreme Court decision which emphasized “the sanctity of the selection process” and said, “It will be a parody of members encouraged to meet with members of the selection committee so the process ends.”
HC Grills Maha on DGP CS statement
