Govt fails to give HC three names for Baddi SP's post

Advocate general apprises HC that police dept is in process of routine transfers; case shifted to co-ordinate bench

- Shailee Dogra

SHIMLA: The state government apprised the Himachal Pradesh high court that the police department was in the process of conducting routine transfers of IPS officers even as it failed to submit three names for the post of Baddi superintendent of police.

While hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking reinstatement of 2018-batch IPS officer Ilma Afroz as Baddi SP, the HC had on Thursday asked the state government to provide the three names by Friday.

During the resumed hearing on Friday, advocate general (AG) Anup Rattan apprised the HC bench comprising chief justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia and justice Satyen Vaidya that the state was conducting routine transfers under Section 56 of the Himachal Pradesh Police Act and could not furnish a specific panel for Baddi SP's post.

He asserted that the transfers were part of standard administrative processes and 'not targeted actions'.