Lucknow
(25.05.2023): Uttar Pradesh is likely to get a regular Director General of Police
(DGP) after the retirement of its second consecutive acting DGP, RK Vishwakarma (IPS: 1988: UP), later this month. The development
comes in the wake of contempt pleas filed in the Supreme Court against the
Uttar Pradesh and Punjab governments for appointing ‘acting’ DGPs in violation
of apex court orders. In
contempt petition, advocate Brajesh Singh has challenged the appointment of
acting DGPs in the two states. The petition states that successive appointments
of acting DGP in UP is in complete violation of the apex court’s orders. Vishwakarma
was made the acting DGP on April 31, 2023, after retirement of DS Chauhan, who
remained an acting DGP nearly for 11 months after the state’s regular DGP Mukul
Goel (IPS: 1987: UP) was removed on May 11, 2022. Goel was removed by the state
government much prior to his superannuation in February 2024 following
allegations of dereliction of duty.
Lucknow
(25.05.2023): Uttar Pradesh is likely to get a regular Director General of Police
(DGP) after the retirement of its second consecutive acting DGP, RK Vishwakarma (IPS: 1988: UP), later this month. The development
comes in the wake of contempt pleas filed in the Supreme Court against the
Uttar Pradesh and Punjab governments for appointing ‘acting’ DGPs in violation
of apex court orders.
In contempt petition, advocate Brajesh Singh has challenged the appointment of acting DGPs in the two states. The petition states that successive appointments of acting DGP in UP is in complete violation of the apex court’s orders.
Vishwakarma was made the acting DGP on April 31, 2023, after retirement of DS Chauhan, who remained an acting DGP nearly for 11 months after the state’s regular DGP Mukul Goel (IPS: 1987: UP) was removed on May 11, 2022. Goel was removed by the state government much prior to his superannuation in February 2024 following allegations of dereliction of duty.