Summary:
The Commission had recently returned the file sent by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR). There are no IPS officers of 1988 batch borne to Karnataka cadre. The Supreme Court has issued a set of guidelines to all states and Union Territories on the appointment of the police chief. One of them is to send the names of senior-most IPS officers to the UPSC “at least three months prior to the date of retirement of the incumbent on the post of DGP” for empanelment to the post of HoPF. The appointment of the DG&IGP will be made by the Chief Minister, who will choose the officer from the UPSC shortlist..