LAHORE:The Lahore High Court (LHC) Wednesday declared the appointment of Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Rao Sardar Ali Khan legal, rejecting the petition seeking his removal from the position for being a grade-21 officer.
Justice Muzammil Akhtar Shabbir issued an 11-page written verdict, upholding the appointment of IGP Rao. Police Order does not mention the grade of a police officer for his appointment as IGP, the said. The appointment of a grade-22 officer to the post of IGP is not mentioned in the law, it further said.
There is no justification for removing the IGP on the basis of being a grade-21 police officer. One of the three senior police officers may be appointed on the recommendation of the federal government, the court verdict said. It is to be noted here that Deputy Attorney General Asad Ali Bajwa had opposed the petition seeking removal of the IGP from the office.