diff --git a/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/permissions.go b/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/permissions.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59025104ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/permissions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2024 The Vitess Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package command
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/cmd/vtctldclient/cli"
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/topo/topoproto"
+
+	vtctldatapb "vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/proto/vtctldata"
+)
+
+var (
+	// GetPermissions makes a GetPermissions gRPC call to a vtctld.
+	GetPermissions = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:                   "GetPermissions <tablet_alias>",
+		Short:                 "Displays the permissions for a tablet.",
+		DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,
+		Args:                  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		RunE:                  commandGetPermissions,
+	}
+	/*
+		{
+			name:   "ValidatePermissionsShard",
+			method: commandValidatePermissionsShard,
+			params: "<keyspace/shard>",
+			help:   "Validates that the permissions on primary match all the replicas.",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "ValidatePermissionsKeyspace",
+			method: commandValidatePermissionsKeyspace,
+			params: "<keyspace name>",
+			help:   "Validates that the permissions on primary of shard 0 match those of all of the other tablets in the keyspace.",
+		},
+	*/
+)
+
+func commandGetPermissions(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	alias, err := topoproto.ParseTabletAlias(cmd.Flags().Arg(0))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	cli.FinishedParsing(cmd)
+
+	resp, err := client.GetPermissions(commandCtx, &vtctldatapb.GetPermissionsRequest{
+		TabletAlias: alias,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	p, err := cli.MarshalJSON(resp.Permissions)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("%s\n", p)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func init() {
+	Root.AddCommand(GetPermissions)
+}
diff --git a/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/tablets.go b/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/tablets.go
index bb468fbd7ff..3ee7de1e867 100644
--- a/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/tablets.go
+++ b/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/tablets.go
@@ -92,14 +92,6 @@ Note: hook names may not contain slash (/) characters.
 		Args:                  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 		RunE:                  commandGetFullStatus,
 	}
-	// GetPermissions makes a GetPermissions gRPC call to a vtctld.
-	GetPermissions = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:                   "GetPermissions <tablet_alias>",
-		Short:                 "Displays the permissions for a tablet.",
-		DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,
-		Args:                  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
-		RunE:                  commandGetPermissions,
-	}
 	// GetTablet makes a GetTablet gRPC call to a vtctld.
 	GetTablet = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:                   "GetTablet <alias>",
@@ -380,29 +372,6 @@ func commandGetFullStatus(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func commandGetPermissions(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	alias, err := topoproto.ParseTabletAlias(cmd.Flags().Arg(0))
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	cli.FinishedParsing(cmd)
-
-	resp, err := client.GetPermissions(commandCtx, &vtctldatapb.GetPermissionsRequest{
-		TabletAlias: alias,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	p, err := cli.MarshalJSON(resp.Permissions)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	fmt.Printf("%s\n", p)
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func commandGetTablet(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	aliasStr := cmd.Flags().Arg(0)
 	alias, err := topoproto.ParseTabletAlias(aliasStr)
@@ -685,7 +654,6 @@ func init() {
 
 	Root.AddCommand(ExecuteHook)
 	Root.AddCommand(GetFullStatus)
-	Root.AddCommand(GetPermissions)
 	Root.AddCommand(GetTablet)
 
 	GetTablets.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&getTabletsOptions.TabletAliasStrings, "tablet-alias", "t", nil, "List of tablet aliases to filter by.")