Dehradun: Abhinav Kumar, a senior IPS officer and the Director General of Police (DGP) in Uttarakhand, has raised concerns over his exclusion from a panel submitted to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He has formally addressed this issue with the state Chief Secretary, Radha Raturi, arguing that the UPSC’s decision goes against a High Court stay order.
Abhinav Kumar, who has served in Uttarakhand for 24 years, was initially allotted to the Uttar Pradesh cadre but opted for Uttarakhand when the state was formed. Despite a 2014 High Court stay order supporting his position, the UPSC excluded his name from the DGP panel, favoring officers from the 1995 and 1997 batches.
