Supreme Court Orders Appointment of New DGP in Nagaland

NEW DELHI: As a part of a previous order on police reforms across the country, the Supreme Court has pulled up several government organisations for the failure to appoint a Director General of Police for the state of Nagaland.

Four years back the Supreme Court of Inda had issued a list of directives aimed at police reforms. As a part of these directives, the states were prevented from the states and union territories of the country from appointing anyone as acting Director Generals of Police in their territories. The Union Public Service Commission had to provide a list of three senior police officials to the state government after due consultation with the state as well as other stakeholders in the process and one of these officials would be selected as the next DGP.

This reform was put in place to avoid nepotism and favouritism in the ranks of law enforcement in the country, especially in the higher ranks of the police force.

Indian Police Services officer of the 1991 batch T J Longkumar is currently serving as the DGP of Nagaland. He was appointed to that position on the position on June 27 2018. After the completion of the stipulated tenure, he was given a year of extension, which was also over on August 31 2022. Following this, he was allotted another extension of six months lasting till February of 2023.

A bench of the Supreme Court of India comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha refused to grant a time period of 60 days as sought by the Union Public Service Commission to finalise the process of appointment of the new chief of police in the state. The bench pulled up the Government of Nagaland, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Union Public Service Commission and ordered them to finalise the process of appointment of the new Director General of Police in Nagaland on or before December 19.

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