The Supreme Court on Wednesday passed an interim order staying the direction passed by the Himachal Pradesh High Court which had asked the state government to shift senior IPS official Sanjay Kundu from the post of Director General of Police (DGP).
A bench presided over by CJI DY Chandrachud asked Kundu — a 1989-batch IPS officer — to approach the HP High Court with an application seeking recall of order removing him from the post of DGP.
The bench, also comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, requested the High Court to decide his application within a period of two weeks.
In the meantime, the government order shifting Kundu as Principal Secretary of Ayush Department will remain stayed, the bench ordered.