Mumbai DGP Rashmi Shukla gets 2-year tenure – will hold the post till Jan 2026
Mumbai DGP Rashmi Shukla gets 2-year tenure – will hold the post till Jan 2026
In a new state of affair, the
Government of Maharashtra on Tuesday issued an order giving a two-year tenure for 1988 batch IPS officer Rashmi Shukla as the state DGP.
Although, Shukla was appointed as DGP on January 3 this year, she was set to retire on June 30 giving her only a six month tenure.
But, with the order issued by the home department, giving reference to Supreme Court orders regarding the duration of the tenure of the state DGP,
she will continue as DGP of Maharashtra till January 3, 2026.
Reportedly, the order read, “According to the judgment and order referred to by the Supreme Court, the tenure of an officer, irrespective of the date of superannuation, is two years. In this regard, based on the provisions of the Maharashtra Police Act (22 of 1951), taking into consideration the referred judgments and orders and legal opinions of the Supreme Court, it is hereby directed that the tenure of Rashmi Shukla, IPS on the post of Director General of Police and Inspector General of Police, Maharashtra State shall be for two years from the date of appointment.”
Prior to being posted as DGP, Shukla was on central deputation heading Sashastra Seema Bal, before which she was additional director general of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
While in the state police, she had served as Pune police commissioner and headed the State Intelligence Department (SID) when the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP government was in power.
After the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government came to power in the state in 2019, it viewed her as being close to the BJP government.
It transferred her from her post as state intelligence commissioner to Civil Defence, seen as a non-executive, in 2020.
Amidst the MVA rule, three FIRs were registered alleging that calls of MVA leaders were being intercepted illegally and data from the SID, which Shukla had headed, was leaked to then Opposition leader Fadnavis.
Shukla’s name figured as an accused in two of the three cases.
Since then, the Bombay High Court quashed two of the three FIRs – in Pune and Mumbai – registered against her.
After the emergence of the Eknath Shinde-Fadnavis government came to power, the third case was transferred to the CBI.
Last year, this case was also closed after the court allowed the CBI’s closure report, paving the way for her return to the state.
News Edit K.V.Raman
