Dehradun, March 20 -- Neeru Garg

Nainital, 19 Mar: The Uttarakhand High Court has directed the Central Government to file an affidavit by Monday, 23 March, in connection with a petition challenging the deputation of IPS officers Neeru Garg and Arun Mohan Joshi, currently serving as Inspectors General (IGs) with Uttarakhand Police to posts of Deputy Inspector General (DIGs) under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The matter was heard by a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Subhash Upadhyay.

During the hearing, the counsel for the Central Government submitted that there would be no downward change in the salaries of the officers following their deputation, and that they would continue to receive the same rem...