Govt initiates process for selecting next CBI director
25 Nov 2014 3:58 AM IST
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has sought the names of senior IPS officers fulfilling the eligibility criteria to make a panel for the selection committee to choose the CBI director, official sources said.
Sinha’s tenure ends on 2 December.
The process for selection of the next CBI chief has been started by the DoPT, which acts as nodal authority for CBI, and the new appointment is likely to be made before the present incumbent tenure ends, the sources said.
According to the Lokpal Act, the CBI chief has to be appointed by the central government on the basis of recommendation of the selection committee headed by the Prime Minister, and comprising the Leader of Opposition (LoP) and the Chief Justice of India or a Supreme Court judge nominated by him as members.
The Home Ministry will send the names of the IPS officers to the DoPT which will then send a panel of such officers formed on the basis of ‘seniority, integrity and experience in the investigation of anti-corruption cases’ to the selection panel, they said.
The Supreme Court had on Thursday removed Sinha from the multi-crore 2G scam case probe while hearing a matter.
The government is also in the process of amending the Lokpal and Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Acts, 1946, to pave way for the CBI chief appointment as there is no recognised LoP in Lok Sabha, who is a member of the selection committee, they said.
Both the Lokpal and DSPE Acts are to be amended so that there is no requirement of ‘quorum’ in the selection committee and the proceedings of the panel are not considered invalid due to absence or vacancy of a member, the sources said.
The Union Cabinet had on 10 November deferred a proposal moved by DoPT to amend the Lokpal and DSPE Acts. The changes in the legislations are to be approved by the Cabinet so that they are taken up in Parliament. The government is likely to bring a bill in this regard during the Winter Session of Parliament that begins on Monday, they said.
Sinha’s tenure ends on 2 December.
The process for selection of the next CBI chief has been started by the DoPT, which acts as nodal authority for CBI, and the new appointment is likely to be made before the present incumbent tenure ends, the sources said.
According to the Lokpal Act, the CBI chief has to be appointed by the central government on the basis of recommendation of the selection committee headed by the Prime Minister, and comprising the Leader of Opposition (LoP) and the Chief Justice of India or a Supreme Court judge nominated by him as members.
The Home Ministry will send the names of the IPS officers to the DoPT which will then send a panel of such officers formed on the basis of ‘seniority, integrity and experience in the investigation of anti-corruption cases’ to the selection panel, they said.
The Supreme Court had on Thursday removed Sinha from the multi-crore 2G scam case probe while hearing a matter.
The government is also in the process of amending the Lokpal and Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Acts, 1946, to pave way for the CBI chief appointment as there is no recognised LoP in Lok Sabha, who is a member of the selection committee, they said.
Both the Lokpal and DSPE Acts are to be amended so that there is no requirement of ‘quorum’ in the selection committee and the proceedings of the panel are not considered invalid due to absence or vacancy of a member, the sources said.
The Union Cabinet had on 10 November deferred a proposal moved by DoPT to amend the Lokpal and DSPE Acts. The changes in the legislations are to be approved by the Cabinet so that they are taken up in Parliament. The government is likely to bring a bill in this regard during the Winter Session of Parliament that begins on Monday, they said.
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