NEW DELHI: Karnataka's director general of police narrowly avoided arrest as the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a high court order issuing non-bailable arrest warrant against him for failing to appear before the HC to explain why a deputy superintendent of police had been transferred 30 times in 24 years.On February 11, the HC had asked "the additional government advocate to secure the response of the DGP for treatment meted out to the DSP and also to explain as to why no posting is shown to the petitioner and why he was made to run from pillar to post on 30 occasions in 24 years of his service". Before the next date of hearing, the DSP was posted in the CID (forest cell).On February 18, the HC was incensed by the non-provision of records explaining the numerous transfers and ordered the DGP to be present in court and warned that if he was absent, the court would issue an NBW against him. The DGP did not attend the hearing and the HC issued an NBW to secure his presence while asking the state home secretary to execute the arrest warrant.On solicitor general Tushar Mehta 's request, a bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant took up the appeal within two hours of it getting mentioned for urgent hearing and stayed the HC order, by which the DGP was to be produced in custody before it on February 25.In his petition on February 18, the DGP said he was held up as both Houses of Karnataka assembly were discussing the police firing in Mangaluru. The DGP said he and a team of police officers were occupied in furnishing information to enable the government prepare its reply in the assembly.He explained to the SC that he had joined as DGP this month and could not be held liable for any transfer of the DSP over a period of 24 years. However, he said the state government would be able to demonstrate from the DSP's service record that the transfers were justifiable.