: Punjab Police: No information with UPSC on state govt sending names of IPS officers for selection process of new regular DGP #WorldNEWSAll Gaurav Yadav has been holding additional charge of Director

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Punjab Police: No information with UPSC on state govt sending names of IPS officers for selection process of new regular DGP #WorldNEWSAll
Gaurav Yadav has been holding additional charge of Director General of Police (HoPF), Punjab since past 8 months.
A latest reply dated 27 Feb, 2023 received from Ashok Prasad, Under Secretary (AIS) & Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) mentions that no information is available with it pertaining to forwarding of names of IPS officers by Government of Punjab to UPSC since July, 2022 and delegation of additional charge of DGP (Head of Police Force HoPF), Punjab to Gaurav Yadav, IPS.
An advocate at Punjab & Haryana High Court, Hemant Kumar, filed a RTI with UPSC on 1 Feb, 2023 seeking complete information pertaining to the forwarding of names of IPS officers to UPSC by the State Government of Punjab, if any, since July, 2022 to till date for empanelment by the UPSC for the post of DGP (HoPF) of Punjab in compliance with the directions of the Honble Supreme Court of India in Prakash Singh Vs Union of India case since the previous DGP (HoPF) of Punjab to VK Bhawra, IPS (1987 batch) who was appointed as such on 8 Jan 2022 for a two years term was prematurely removed from the post in Sep, 2022 by the Punjab Govt.
Also information was sought pertaining to consultation done, if any, by the Punjab Govt with UPSC since July, 2022 to till date over delegation of additional charge of DGP (HoPF) of Punjab to Gaurav Yadav, IPS (1992 batch) who was however not in the Panel of three IPS officers prepared by the UPSC in Jan, 2022.
Gaurav Yadav
Pertinent that it has been now total full eight months since Gaurav Yadav, a 1992 batch IPS of Punjab Cadre and primarily posted as Special DGP (Director General of Police), Administration has been holding the additional charge of States DGP (HoPF).
Hemant told that above period of eight months also includes two months viz. July-Aug, 2022 when Yadav was delegated the additional charge of DGP (HoPF) since then incumbent VK Bhawra proceeded on two months leave in early July, 2022. Further when Bhawra resumed duty in Sep, 2022, he in lieu of being re-posted on this earlier post i. e. DGP (HoPF) was however posted as Chairman, Punjab Police Housing Corporation (PPHC) in the rank of DGP.
Consequently Gaurav Yadav was allowed to hold the additional charge of DGP (HoPF), which he was holding since July, 2022, till further Orders. It was also mentioned in the Order dated 2 Sep 2022 that it is being issued as per Orders of the Competent Authority.
Meanwhile it is not clear which is the Competent Authority as mentioned in the above referred Order. Noteworthy that in early April- 2022, the Bhagwant Mann led AAP Government within weeks of assuming reins of power in mid-March, 2022 also appointed Gaurav Yadav (who then was posted as ADGP, Modernization) as Special Principal Secretary to Chief Minister (SPSCM) in addition to his then assignment.

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