Chandigarh, July 22: The Punjab and Haryana High Court converted a petition challenging the creation of IPS posts in Haryana Police allegedly in violation of cadre strength regulations into a public interest litigation.
The court also appointed the petitioner’s counsel as amicus curiae to assist it in the matter and directed the Centre to submit its stand.
The division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry passed the order in a plea originally filed by one Aarti wherein her petition had questioned the state’s decision to post IPS officers on ex-cadre positions far in excess of the 19 sanctioned under the Indian Police Service (Fixation of Cadre Strength) Amendment Regulation, 2017.
Following the petitioner’s demise, the court observed that the issue raised pertained to public interest and directed that the matter be treated as a PIL.
The Union government was given time to obtain instructions, and the case will now be heard on August 28.
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