A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging the appointment of G. Venkatraman as Director General of Police/Head of Police Force (DGP/HoPF) in-charge despite the availability of many other senior and meritorious police officers eligible for regular appointment to the post.
The petition has been listed for hearing before the first Division Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan on Monday (September 8, 2025). R. Varadaraj (69), a former Inspector of Police turned advocate and now president of Nethaji Makkal Katchi had filed the PIL plea.
