The "salary" of Jharkhand DGP for the month of May was not remitted as the Accountant General's records show that Gupta retired on April 30, 2025. Reportedly, the Principal Accountant General (PAG) office issued Gupta a zero-salary slip considering that he had retired on April 30. For now, the Soren administration appears unable to find out possible escape against Centre’s checkmate. 

It may be underlined that the Centre did not accept the extension of service granted to Gupta and conveyed to the state government that he retired on April 30. The Ministry of Home Affairs shot three letters consecutively to the Soren government that turns out to be a “checkmate”. 

Apart from “salary” the most challenging issue Soren Government and Anurag Gupta would be facing together is of the “legal tenability” of DGP’s decisions taken during the period. It is detrimental not only to the position and authority but also to the law & order situation. It would be interesting to watch how the Soren administration navigates its course against the Centre’s “checkmate”.