Process to appoint regular Director-General of Police for Tamil Nadu resumes
The Hindu
Tamil Nadu resumes the appointment process for a regular Director-General of Police, following a Supreme Court directive.
The process of appointing a regular Director-General of Police (DGP) and Head of Police Force (HoPF) for Tamil Nadu has resumed.
Senior bureaucrats have returned to the negotiation table to finalise a fresh panel of DGP-rank officers to be forwarded to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for empanelment.
As per the Supreme Court order issued on Thursday, the appointment of a regular DGP must be completed within three weeks. The court passed the orders while disposing of a contempt petition moved by Kishore K. Swamy of Chennai, who contended that the Tamil Nadu government had violated the apex court’s guidelines in the appointment of regular DGPs.
The State government is now expected to send the panel of eligible officers within one week, following which the UPSC will finalise a shortlist of three officers within two weeks. One among them will be appointed as DGP/HoPF, with a minimum tenure of two years, irrespective of the date of superannuation, in accordance with the Supreme Court’s guidelines laid down in the Prakash Singh case.
In order of seniority, Seema Agrawal, Rajeev Kumar, and Sandeep Rai Rathore are currently the top three contenders. Their names were earlier shortlisted by the UPSC when Tamil Nadu sent its list of eligible officers in October 2025.
Senior police official Sandeep Rai Rathore.
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