https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294661 The selection of the Director General of Police had to follow the binding Prakash Singh framework because the later service rules only identified the zone of consideration and did not replace the prescribed empanelment-based process. An interim stay of Yadav did not erase the underlying legal principle or suspend the earlier directive, so it did not enlarge executive discretion. The State therefore could not bypass the mandated selection mechanism or use an in-house screening process in place of UPSC-based empanelment. The appointment made outside that framework was treated as invalid, and fresh selection was directed in accordance with the binding process. en-us Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 13:57:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294661 The selection of the Director General of Police had to follow the binding Prakash Singh framework because the later service rules only identified the zone of consideration and did not replace the prescribed empanelment-based process. An interim stay of Yadav did not erase the underlying legal principle or suspend the earlier directive, so it did not enlarge executive discretion. The State therefore could not bypass the mandated selection mechanism or use an in-house screening process in place of UPSC-based empanelment. The appointment made outside that framework was treated as invalid, and fresh selection was directed in accordance with the binding process. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=294661