A Bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha refused to grant 60 days time as sought by the UPSC for finalising the process relating to the appointment of the state police chief.
The Bench warned that if the directions of the Court are not complied with, the Court will be constrained to use “coercive arms of law” by it. The Bench added that the UPSC is duty bound to comply with the directions of the court.
Currently, 1991 batch IPS officer T J Longkumer is the Nagaland DGP. Longkumer was appointed as the DGP on June 27, 2018. He was given a one-year extension last year till August 31, 2022. This year he was again given an extension of six months till February next year.
“We are of the view that UPSC has no justification that no administrative dislocation would be caused as the incumbent DGP has an extension till February 2023”, the Bench said.
On the last hearing, the top court had said that it was of the considered view that in view of the communication which has been issued by the UPSC on April 1, 2022, Nagaland must immediately send the list of empanelled officers for appointment to the post of DGP.
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