Bengaluru (28.08.2025): The Karnataka High Court on Thursday
ruled that the Karnataka government will appoint a regular DGP within a week of
receiving the IPS officers’ empanelment list from the Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC). The HC was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed
against the appointment of Dr M A Saleem (IPS: 1993: KN) as the in-charge
police chief of the state on May 21, 2025. Dr Saleem replaced Alok Mohan (Retd IPS: 1987: KN) as the
DGP after the latter retired. Dr Saleem is presently the DGP of the Criminal
Investigation Department (CID) with concurrent charge of the of state DGP and
IGP. The AG told the court that an interim in-charge DGP and IGP
was appointed through the May 21 order, as the state was awaiting the UPSC
order of empanelment of senior IPS officers eligible for the post of the police
chief in Karnataka. The UPSC empanelment committee meeting was held on August
26 and that the state had communicated to the UPSC to send the final list at
the earliest.
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By IndianMandarins - 2025-08-28 15:04:00
Bengaluru (28.08.2025): The Karnataka High Court on Thursday ruled that the Karnataka government will appoint a regular DGP within a week of receiving the IPS officers’ empanelment list from the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The HC was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against the appointment of Dr M A Saleem (IPS: 1993: KN) as the in-charge police chief of the state on May 21, 2025.
Dr Saleem replaced Alok Mohan (Retd IPS: 1987: KN) as the DGP after the latter retired. Dr Saleem is presently the DGP of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) with concurrent charge of the of state DGP and IGP.
The AG told the court that an interim in-charge DGP and IGP was appointed through the May 21 order, as the state was awaiting the UPSC order of empanelment of senior IPS officers eligible for the post of the police chief in Karnataka. The UPSC empanelment committee meeting was held on August 26 and that the state had communicated to the UPSC to send the final list at the earliest.
