In a move that indicates that the Indian Police Service (IPS) is unwilling to be controlled beyond a limit by the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the state’s Director General of Police (DGP) has rejected a recommendation that the district superintendent of police, report to the district collector.

This was a recommendation made by Principal Secretary (revenue) Manukumar Shrivastav, in his inquiry report that commissioned after an ugly spat between Bhandara Superintendent of Police Dilip Zalke and District Collector Dheeraj Kumar, on August 27 this year. Shrivastava has also suggested that district collectors be empowered to write/review the Annual Confidential Reports (ACR) of the SPs.