With three senior Uttar Pradesh IPS officers holding the rank of Director General (DG) set to retire this month, the state police is in for a major administrative change in February. After the retirements of these officers, the current acting DGP, Rajiv Krishna (IPS:1991:UP), will join the exclusive club of the top three officers in the seniority list of the UP cadre officers currently working in the state. At the same time, three DG posts will become vacant in the state, making way for the promotion of three senior IPS officers.
The three officers retiring in February include Sandeep Salunke (IPS:1990:UP), Manmohan Kumar Bashal (IPS:1990:UP), and Deepesh Juneja (IPS:1992:UP). While Sandeep Salunke is currently posted as DG Human Rights, Manmohan Kumar Bashal is posted as DG Home Guard, and Deepesh Juneja is posted as DG Prosecution. Among them, Sandeep Salunke is the most senior officer of the UP cadre, while Manmohan Kumar Bashal is at the third position in the seniority list.
After the retirement of these three senior officers, Renuka Mishra (IPS:1990:UP) will become the senior-most officer; she has, however, not been posted in any department for the last one and a half years and is attached to the headquarters.
Similarly, two 1991-batch officers, Alok Sharma and Piyush Anand, will come second and third, respectively, in the gradation list after her from March 1. However, both officers are currently on central deputation.
In such a situation, DGP Rajiv Krishna will occupy the second place based on the seniority of officers currently working in the UP cadre.
Besides, following the retirement of three DG-level officers, 1994-batch IPS officers Prakash D, LV Antony Dev Kumar, and Jai Narayan Singh will be promoted to the rank of DG on March 1. This will complete the process of filling vacant posts in the police headquarters and various departments.
Meanwhile, April will also see major changes in the police department as DG EOW Neera Rawat (IPS:1992:UP) will retire on April 30th. Currently, she holds additional charge of 112 UP along with the Economic Offenses Wing. If no senior DG-level officer returns from central deputation during this time, Alok Singh (IPS:1995:UP), posted as ADG in the Kanpur zone, is likely to be promoted to the DG rank.
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