Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Barve could have added yet another feather to his cap by becoming the head of the state police (Director General of the entire force), albeit for a brief time, had the Centre not given a month's service extension to his Delhi counterpart Amulya Patnaik.

Since the Centre has asked the state government to relieve the incumbent Maharashtra DGP Subodh Kumar Jaiswal for appointing him in the Centre cadre - most likely as the chief of Delhi police --Barve's prospects of making it to the state police headquarters were very bright, as the political leadership isn't very interested in promoting a particular officer, who is next after Jaiswal in the seniority list.