The Karnataka Government has extended the service tenure of the DG&IGP Alok Mohan up to May 21 to ensure a minimum of two years’ tenure. This will become a precedent, and those who follow Alok Mohan as Heads of Police Force (HoPF) in Karnataka, but have less than two years’ service left from the date they take charge, will likely benefit from this move. This is the first such case in the State, informed a senior IPS officer, who does not want to be named. Tenure of a minimum of two years was part of the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in the Prakash Singh case that led to Police reforms in the country. Mohan took charge as in-charge DG&IGP of the state Police on May 21, 2023. His appointment was confirmed on August 5, 2023. The state Government has now considered May 21, when he took charge as in-charge DG&IGP to calculate a two-year tenure.