PIL seeks HC help to ensure impartiality in top cop choice S Ahmed Ali TNN  February 9,2014 Mumbai: A PIL has been filed over the delay in the appointment of a police commissioner for the city.     Journalist-turned-activist Ketan Tirodkar filed the PIL in the Bombay high court, seeking directions to facilitate an impartial decision on who is to be the new commissioner.     The matter is likely to come up for hearing on Monday.     The PIL sought judicial intervention and an explanation from the government on its failure to appoint a new police commissioner after the resignation of Satyapal Singh on January31.      Tirodkdar said he was shocked to read media reports of infighting and caste and religion politics over the appointment of police commissioner.     He sought minutes of the meetings held by the government on the issue.The PIL said the state government relieved Singh on January 31, displaying a speed that shocked IPS cadres whose resignations had been kept pending over the years.     The PIL said a mad rush had begun for the coveted post, with home minister R R Patil of the NCP batting for Javed Ahmed while chief minister Prithviraj Chavan of the Congress rooting for Vijay Kamble. “Both these officers are of minority cadres and alliance partners are trying to capitalize their would-be appointments to encash votes in the forthcoming 2014 general elections,” the PIL said.  Monday meeting A decision on who is to be the new commissioner of police is likely to be made on Monday, when the newly constituted Police Establishment Board meets for the first time.“From now on the board will make recommendations to the home department on postings and transfers of IPS officers,” a Mantralaya source said. The board is headed by additional chief secretary (home) Amitabh Ranjan. The DGP is among its members. TNN