Gujarat's top cop P P Pandey (IPS:1980:GJ) resigned 28 days ahead of completion of his extended tenure of service following Supreme Court order issued on 03rd April 2017. The Gujarat government told SC that Pandey was ready to step down and would be relieved of his post immediately. Supreme Court was hearing a petition challenging his appointment last year as Gujarat's police chief. He was charged in the 2004 Ishrat Jehan encounter case and is out on bail. While appointing Pandey to the top post on 16 April 2016, the Govt had said he would only hold additional charge. But he was given an extension beyond his superannuation date (31 January 2017) and he was due to retire on April 30. The Gujarat government told the court on Monday that it wanted to extend Pandey's tenure for another six months, but the union Ministry of Home Affairs had allowed only a three-month extension. The Govt started its bit to appoint a successor Monday late evening.