UP DGP News: The rules made for the selection of the Director General of Police in Uttar Pradesh may be rejected. This claim has been made by former DGP and High Court lawyer Sulkhan Singh. Sulkhan Singh said that this decision creates a rule. The state government has the power to make rules, so it has made the rules accordingly. But regarding the appointment of DGP, the Supreme Court has given a decision in March 2019 that any law, act or rule that is against the spirit of this decision will remain suspended. So this rule that is being made is completely against the spirit of that decision of the Supreme Court.

Sulkhan Singh said that there were many points in the Supreme Court's decision but there was also a point about the appointment of DGP. Apart from this, there was separation of law and order and many other points and about the appointment of DGP, it was said that UPSC will prepare a panel in which the state government will send the name and UPSC will prepare a panel of three names. There is a process of UPSC in this, in which there is an officer of MHA, an officer and a member of UPSC. This panel of three people decides who will be the DGP. It is decided by looking at merit and seniority.

He said that now the panel of the DGP will have retired judges of the High Court. The government will appoint whoever it wants as per its wish. There will be a Chief Secretary, a person from UPSC will be appointed. There will be an Additional Chief Secretary for Home and a retired DGP. This is a committee of all the officials who can propose someone's name against the wishes of the Chief Minister and the government. This is not possible.

The decision may be rejected - Former DGP
Sulkhan Singh said that, I feel that this has been made to save the petition that was filed recently regarding the acting DGP. Now it can be said in the court that we have made our rule. We have not done anything against the decision of the Supreme Court. We do not have any acting DGP. But in the context of the decision of March 2019, this decision will not stand and it can also be rejected.

The former DGP further said that, I don't think there was any political pressure because Akhilesh Yadav himself never followed the UPSC panel. He never appointed DGP under this rule in 5 years. Sometimes he made him DGP for one month, sometimes for 2 months, sometimes for 3 months. If he never respected the decision of the Supreme Court, then what would be his pressure?