(Riya Saha, Intern Journalist)New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday declined to entertain a plea challenging the Jharkhand government”s decision to appoint M V Rao as the acting Director General of Police (DGP) saying a PIL cannot be accepted in a service matter.
A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian dismissed the plea filed by a Jharkhand resident.
During the hearing, senior advocates Fali S Nariman and Neeraj Kishan Kaul, appearing for the Jharkhand government, said that it is proxy litigation and the court cannot interfere in the service matter under Article 32 jurisdiction.
Senior advocate R Venkataramani, appearing for the petitioner Prahlad Narayan Singh, said that he is a resident of the state and wants to know as to how was the incumbent DGP (Rao) appointed as acting DGP despite the verdict of the top court in the Prakash Singh case (2006) on police reforms.
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