Centre awaits report on SSP
From K.V. Prasad
Tribune News Service

NEW DELHI, Oct 6 - The Union Home Ministry has taken note of developments in the posting of Chandigarh SSP and sought for a report on its implementation, highly-placed sources said here.

The Ministry had posted Mr Dinkar Gupta, an officer of the Punjab cadre, as Senior Superintendent of Police, Chandigarh, in place of Mr C S R Reddy but the UT Administration had stalled it.

Sources in the Ministry said today that the Centre expected its order to be implemented and in case it had not been done, find out what had prevented the city administration from carrying out the order.

"The Ministry expected its order to be implemented,’’ was a terse observation by a senior officer, who refused to elaborate further.

It is understood that high officials of the Ministry were seized of the gravity of the matter and were awaiting compliance report, the sources said.

Meanwhile, it is learnt the Chandigarh MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, has also taken up the matter with the Ministry expressing surprise at the manner in which the Centre’s order was not acted upon.

It is understood that the Punjab Chief Minister had also taken up the matter with the Ministry.

A high Punjab Police officer who was in the Capital today told TNS that he was hopeful the ‘controversy’ over the posting of the SSP would be sorted out soon.