Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Wednesday refers to 1987 IPS officers Sunil Kumar Batch Bansal Director General of the next police (DGP).
Bansal, which left Odisha in central deputation in 1994, currently serves as a special director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) in Delhi.
DGP Abhay who came out scheduled to retire on December 31, in accordance with the government notice released last month.
Government sources said the Bansal would take over from Abhay on December 31 or January 1, 2022.
“At the recommendation of the UNI Public Service Commission (UPSC) and for the benefit of public services, Sunil Kumar Bansal was appointed as DGP (head) of the police) for a period of time Two years with the effect of joining in the post, “said the notice of the State House Department.
The source said the UPSC had chosen the names of Bansal, Pradeep Kapur (Batch 1986) and Manoj Chhabra (Batch 1988) to post up.
Abhay (Batch 1986) was named as a DGP on November 20, 2019 and assumed costs on December 9, 2019.
Although he was scheduled to retire in June 2021, the government extended its services for up to six more months to meet the minimum direction of the Supreme Court’s two-year service period of DGP.
Abhay is the first DGP Odisha, which issued his duties for two full years as stipulated by the APEX court.