Chandigarh, Dec. 8 -- The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has returned Haryana government's proposal to prepare a panel of three IPS officers for appointing the new director general of police (DGP) with certain observations, it is learnt.

The state government had recently sent a proposal to the UPSC containing the names of five IPS officers for convening the meeting of the empanelment committee headed by the UPSC chairman or member.

The five included 1990-batch IPS officer Shatrujeet Kapur who was the head of the police force till October 14 but was asked to proceed on leave amid growing clamour for his ouster in wake of suicide by fellow IPS officer Y Puran Kumar.

A 1992-batch officer OP Singh, who was only given the additional...