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DIG Silwal again moves SC seeking annulment of Aryal’s promotion
Nepal Police Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Nawaraj Silwal on Tuesday filed another writ petition at the Supreme Court (SC) seeking annulment of the government decision to promote DIG Prakash Aryal to the post of Inspector General of Police (IGP).Nepal Police Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Nawaraj Silwal on Tuesday filed another writ petition at the Supreme Court (SC) seeking annulment of the government decision to promote DIG Prakash Aryal to the post of Inspector General of Police (IGP).
DIG Silwal, in his petition, has argued that there have been irregularities in the review file during the evaluation of work performance of the contenders for the IGP post. He claimed that the review panel deducted two-points from his score sheet to promote Aryal to the post of IGP.
A Cabinet meeting on Monday had decided to pick Aryal from among four contenders—Aryal himself, Nawaraj Silwal, Bam Bahadur Bhandari and Jaya Bahadur Chand—after reviewing the marks the four top officials had secured in the last four years based on their performance, qualification, seniority and prize among others.
The Apex Court on March 21, responding to separate petitions filed by an advocate and DIG Silwal, had quashed the government’s February 12 decision of promoting DIG Chand to the post of IG, saying that the government should take into account merit and seniority, as mentioned in Nepal Police Regulations, while promoting police officers.
A four-member review team headed by Home Secretary Lok Darsan Regmi had reviewed the four DIGs’ work efficiency marks of the last four years as per the Supreme Court order.
According to sources, the review team had found that Aryal had a score of 154, Silwal 152.4, Bhandari 150.2 and Chand had a score of 147 when their last four years’ work performance marks were counted. The Regmi-led team had then forwarded its report to the Cabinet.
Aryal, who joined police force as inspector on April 11, 1988 was promoted to the post of DIG on December 19, 2012 along with Silwal, Chand and Bhandari.