<p>60-year-old Singh told PTI that his focus during the tenure was to ensure that police stations become more and more efficient to deal with crime.<br /><br />"It is not for me to judge. It's for the others to judge my tenure," Singh, a 1975 batch officer, who had a tenure of two years in the key post, said.<br /><br />Singh is the first officer to retire as DGP of the most populous state of the country in the last 10 years.<br /><br />The last IPS officer to retire as DGP was M C Dwevedi in 2001.After Dwevedi, officers R K Pandi, Radhey Mohan Shukla, Haakam Singh, V K B Nair, Yashpal Singh, Bua Singh, G L Sharma and Vikram Singh became Director Generals of UP Police but had to leave midway following orders from the state government.<br /><br />Director General PAC R K Tiwari would now hold additional charge of Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police.<br /><br />Singh was Special Director General of CRPF in Kashmir during the time the Amarnath land agitation had hit the state.<br /><br />Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir had also taken place during his tenure and the role of the para-military forces was appreciated.</p>
<p>60-year-old Singh told PTI that his focus during the tenure was to ensure that police stations become more and more efficient to deal with crime.<br /><br />"It is not for me to judge. It's for the others to judge my tenure," Singh, a 1975 batch officer, who had a tenure of two years in the key post, said.<br /><br />Singh is the first officer to retire as DGP of the most populous state of the country in the last 10 years.<br /><br />The last IPS officer to retire as DGP was M C Dwevedi in 2001.After Dwevedi, officers R K Pandi, Radhey Mohan Shukla, Haakam Singh, V K B Nair, Yashpal Singh, Bua Singh, G L Sharma and Vikram Singh became Director Generals of UP Police but had to leave midway following orders from the state government.<br /><br />Director General PAC R K Tiwari would now hold additional charge of Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police.<br /><br />Singh was Special Director General of CRPF in Kashmir during the time the Amarnath land agitation had hit the state.<br /><br />Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir had also taken place during his tenure and the role of the para-military forces was appreciated.</p>