Chandigarh, January 18: The state government has decided to send a panel of all nine eligible DGP-rank officers to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) instead of the required panel of five officers. Till the new DGP is appointed by the Central government, which may take considerable time, the incumbent Punjab DGP Suresh Arora will continue on the post.
This decision comes in the face of the development where Punjab DGP Suresh Arora had expressed his unwillingness to accept the extension given to him by the Centre. However, he agreed to continue till the new DGP is appointed.
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As per Supreme Court’s order, a state is required to give names of at least five officers eligible for the post.
Capt Amarinder Singh cleared the panel of nine officers on Friday evening after obtaining a legal clearance on the names of the officers. Officials said the state Home Secretary has been asked to send the names further to the UPSC.
The panel includes names as per the IPS cadre seniority list. The officers listed are Samant Goel (1984 batch) who is on current deputation with the Centre, Mohd Mustafa (1985), Hardeep Singh Dhillon (1985), Jasminder Singh(1986), Sidharth Chattopadhyaya (1986), Dinkar Gupta (1987), CSR Reddy (1987), MK Tiwari (1987) and VK Bhawra (1987).
