Overview
- Justice Pulla Karthik directed the UPSC to process the state’s panel for the DGP–Head of Police Force and report compliance by February 5.
- The interlocutory plea to suspend B. Shivadhar Reddy’s in-charge appointment was rejected, keeping him in post for now.
- Telangana sent a list on December 31 after the court’s earlier order, but the UPSC returned it on January 1 citing nonconformity with Prakash Singh and advising a Supreme Court clarification.
- The state argued the commission should not have returned the file, while the UPSC cited a seven-year gap since the last list and the requirement to send names three months before the incumbent’s retirement.
- Reddy, a 1994-batch IPS officer, received full additional charge as head of police on September 26 after DGP Jitender retired, drawing a challenge from petitioner T. Dhangopal Rao.