AP govt moves SC in DGP case

HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday filed a special leave petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court challenging the AP high court's order which upheld the Central Administrative Tribunal's (CAT) decision quashing the appointment of director general of police V Dinesh Reddy as the head of police force (HoPF).
In the SLP, the state appealed to the apex court to quash the HC orders on the grounds that Dinesh Reddy was appointed to the post keeping in mind the long tenure in his service.The high court had asked the government to continue Dinesh Reddy as in-charge DGP till alternative arrangements were made.
The HC had also directed the government to send a new list of DGP-rank IPS officers to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) within two weeks, which would short-list three candidates for facilitating the appointment of a new DGP.