NEW DELHI: The Director of Prosecution (DoP) in CBI who gives legal opinion on all its cases, will now have a two-year fixed tenure but will remain under the control of the probe agency’s Director contrary to the suggestions made by CVC and a Parliamentary panel.
It is for the first time that the DoP is being given a fixed tenure on similar lines of that of the CBI Director.
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) today issued new rules and opened recruitment to the post for civil servants, meeting eligibility criteria, working in various ministries also.
“An officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India and the officers who are eligible for appointment as Special Public Prosecutor within the meaning of Sub-Section 8 and 9 of Section 24 of Code of Criminal Procedure 1973,” an order by the DoPT said.
The Sub-Section mandates appointment of a person who has been in practise as an advocate for not less than ten years as a Special Public Prosecutor.
“All ministries/departments are requested to provide the names of the eligible and willing officers, in duplicate, working in Government”, it said. (AGENCIES)
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