Former minister Dr P Shankar Rao on Wednesday slammed the State Government for not implementing the Central Administrative Tribunal orders in the appointment of Director General of Police.
Talking to media persons in the premises of Legislative Assembly, Dr Shankar Rao alleged that the government was not showing its commitment and sincerity in the appointment of DGP. Though the CAT has set aside the appointment of DGP V Dinesh Reddy and directed the government to prepare a fresh select list and send it to the UPSC, he criticized the government for not taking steps in that direction. If the government itself fails to respect the CAT orders, then who will honour its orders, he asked.
Stating that filing a petition against the CAT orders in the High Court was improper, Dr Shankar Rao said, “It is nothing but insulting the CAT orders.”
Expressing serious concern over senior IPS officer P Gautam Kumar’s resignation, who has been waged a legal battle with the government on the appointment of DGP in the CAT, he termed it as ‘unfortunate’ and said that this incident would send wrong message against the government and the Congress party among the people. He said that the government has to rectify its mistakes before going for general elections in 2014. Otherwise, it would not be a smooth ride for the party, he said.
Dr Shankar Rao said that the tainted ministers in the Kiran Kumar Reddy Cabinet have to resign on the lines of Veerabhadra Singh in Himachal Pradesh, against whom allegations surfaced recently. He appealed to government to conduct local body elections immediately as their term expired almost one and half-year ago.
–Agencies