INTRODUCTORY:

Even before the commencement of selection process for appointment to the post of Head of the Police Force in the State of Tamil Nadu, a Writ Petition was filed by a Lawyer by profession for initiating an enquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation regarding the alleged connivance of Senior Police Officers, as raised by the Commissioner of Police, Chennai, in his Office memo dated 22 December, 2016 in respect of the sale of banned substances viz., Gutkha and Pan Masala in the State of Tamil Nadu, with a view to stall the appointment of a probable candidate as Director General of Police. The Writ Petition filed by the Lawyer under the banner of Public Interest Litigation was dismissed by a Division Bench presided over by MR.JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL [as His Lordship then was], by raising a doubt about the bona fides of the petitioner in filing the Writ Petition and with an observation that it would not be proper for advocates to lend their names as litigants and lending their shoulder to fire the gun, something which is condemnable. Now, it is the turn of a Trade Union Leader challenging the appointment of the fifth respondent as Director General of Police und