The Supreme Court today dismissed former Maharashtra IPS officer S S Virk's petition challenging the government's decision to superannuate him in alleged violation of the apex court's direction that a state DGP should be allowed a minimum term of two years. <br/><br/>A Bench of Justices Aftab Alam and R M Lodha dismissed the petition after both the Centre and Maharashtra government submitted that at present unless the civil services rules are amended and the apex court appointed-committee examined the issue, it would not be possible to implement the rule. <br/><br/>The apex court had in 2006 in the Prakash Singh Vs Union of India case on police reforms directed that every DGP, after being appointed to the post, should be allowed a minimum of two years tenure irrespective of superannuation age.