In an unprecedented transfer, the Chandigarh administration has repatriated senior superintendent of police (SSP) Kuldeep Singh Chahal to Punjab, his mum or dad cadre, at the same time as he had 10 extra months left of his three-year tenure.

The UT notified his repatriation late Monday night stating that he had been relieved on Monday afternoon and cost has been given to SSP (site visitors) Manisha Chaudhary.

The causes for his repatriation haven’t been made public. The notification additionally doesn’t spell out causes for a similar. The order of repatriation has been issued by UT administrator Banwarilal Purohit, who can be the governor of Punjab.

The advisor to administrator, Dharam Pal, and the director normal of police (DGP), Praveer Ranjan couldn’t be reached for feedback regardless of a number of makes an attempt. Even different lower-rung officers’ telephones went silent.

Conventionally, the submit of the SSP is held by a Punjab cadre officer. For deputation posts from Punjab and Haryana, the names are sought by the administration from the respective states and after consideration forwarded to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which lastly points notification of appointment. It is just not instantly clear whether or not the Center was consulted on the transfer.

According to Punjab house division officers, a couple of days in the past, an unofficial info was sought requesting repatriation of the IPS officer into Punjab cadre but it surely was not allowed because the UT administration failed to provide causes behind their request.

“We have not been informed officially on the issue before by the UT administration. It’s unprecedented for us as well. Generally, we are asked to send a panel of three officers to the MHA from the Punjab cadre to appoint one as the SSP,” mentioned the official.

Chahal, who joined the police pressure as an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) within the Chandigarh police and later turned an IPS officer in 2009, was posted as Chandigarh SSP on September 29, 2020, on inter-cadre deputation. His appointment was notified by the Center for 3 years.

Many within the police circles had been unaware of the event until the time of the notification and termed the transfer unprecedented. Only cause some officers might give was that “he was having coordination problems with officers coming directly from Delhi”.

Chahal remained unavailable for feedback.

Chahal, a 2009-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, had changed Nilambari Vijay Jagadale, the primary lady SSP of town, who had joined in 2017. Before being appointed because the SSP, Chandigarh, Chahal remained Mohali SSP, one other plum posting throughout the Congress tenure.