Shankar Bidari

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Shankar Bidari
ಶಂಕರ್ ಬಿದರಿ
Director General and Inspector General of Karnataka Police
In office
July 1978 –May 2012
Personal details
Born
Shankar Mahadev Bidari

(1954-08-27) 27 August 1954 (age 69)
Bagalkot, Karnataka, India
SpouseDr. Umadevi
Children2
OccupationCivil servant
Website www.shankarbidari.com

Shankar Mahadev Bidari is an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, who was the Director General and Inspector General of Police (DGP) of the state of Karnataka. [1] [2]

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An Indian Police Service officer of the 1978 cohort, he was the Police Commissioner of Bangalore. Bidari comes from Banahatti City in Bagalkot District, Karnataka. He was succeeded as DG & IGP by Abdul Rahman Infant in March 2012.

Family background

Shankar Bidari's family has five civil servants from a single family of six members. [3] Bidari comes from a Lingayat family. Bidari's daughter Vijayalakshmi Bidari, IAS undertook the Civil Services Examination in 2001. [4] Her husband Mallikarjuna Prasanna, an IPS officer is a DCP[ clarification needed ] in Mumbai. [5] His son Vijayendra Bidari, an IPS officer is the Deputy Joint Director of CBI[ clarification needed ] of Delhi. [6] His wife Rohini Bhajibhakare, IAS from Solapur is a probationer working as collector in Salem, Tamil Nadu. Shankar Bidari's wife Umadevi, a doctor, is the only non-IAS and non-IPS person in the family. [5]

Awards and honours

Institutions and associations have given him titles such as "Vishwashri", "Kayakashri", "Basawashri" award, carrying a cash component of Rs.5 Lakhs by Shree Murga Mutt, Chitradurga in the year 2012 in recognition of his service, "Tippu Sultan Award", "Sri Vishveshwaraiah Award", "Pride of Karnataka", "Shishunala Shariff Award", "Kumara Rama Award", "Karnatakashri Award", "Mallikarjun Mansoor Award", "Sangolli Rayanna award", "Dr. Ambedkar Award".[ citation needed ]

Karnataka High Court Order set aside by the Supreme Court of India

On 30 March 2012, the Karnataka High Court, in response to a petition filed by then most senior IPS officer of Karnataka DGP Abdul Rahman Infant challenging the appointment of Shankar Bidari as Karnataka Director General, struck down Bidari’s appointment. This appears related to Bidari's role as commandant of a Special Task Force to tackle Veerappan. The decision by the High Court for removal of Bidari was based on the decision taken by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Bangalore bench, on 16 March 2012, which quashed the appointment of Shankar M Bidari as DG&IGP of Karnataka. It then directed the Karnataka State Government to appoint Infant as DG&IGP of Karnataka on an ad hoc basis. [7]

He referred an appeal to the Supreme Court which gave a judgement exonerating him of allegations, and held that the order of the High Court was not correct. He retired after 34 years of service, in May 2012. [8]

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References

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  2. ↑ Staff Reporter. "Bidari has plans aplenty for State police". dnaindia.com. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  3. ↑ Sharoz Dawa. "'Bidari's family is all IAS, IPS'". iaspaper.net. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Vijayalakshmi Bidari. "My Journey to the civil servicies". newindiadigest.com. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  5. 1 2 Bangalore Mirror Bureau. "'BIDARI'S FAMILY IS ALL IAS, IPS'". bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Tirunelveli News : New SP assumes office". 2 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  7. ↑ TNN. "DGP Shankar Bidari to go, Infant is in". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  8. ↑ TNN (11 January 2013). "Supreme Court restores Karnataka DGP Bidari's honour with a clean chit". The Times of India. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
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