Political executive must have confidence in key officers, but appointments cannot be politicised: SC told

New Delhi, Sept. 23 (UNI) The Supreme Court was told on Wednesday that the political executive headed by the Chief Minister should have confidence in officers holding key positions such as the Chief Secretary, Home Secretary and Director General of Police, but such political confidence could not translate into politicisation of the appointment process. Seeking a direction to the Odisha government to disclose on affidavit the reasons for withdrawing the integrity certificate of Susanta Kumar Nath, a DGP-rank officer who was sought to be excluded from consideration for appointment as the State police chief, amicus curiae Raju Ramachandran told a…