Gurugram: The Haryana government finds itself in a spot after the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) returned its proposal to appoint a new director general of police (DGP), pointing out a procedural flaw that puts the ball squarely back in the government’s court.

The UPSC noted that Shatrujeet Singh Kapur—who is currently on leave and included in the panel of officers forwarded by the Haryana government to the commission—can technically rejoin as DGP once his two-month leave ends on 13 December. The commission’s position is that since Kapur is merely on leave, and not retired or removed, there is no actual vacancy at present.

Kapur went on leave on 14 October after he was named by IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar’s family in an FIR for allegedly abetting his suicide. The state government

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