The stage is now set for the Madhya Pradesh police force to have a new chief soon. The state government has begun its exercise to set up a panel and send it to the UPSC for appointment of a new Director General of Police (DGP) as the current incumbent Sudhir Saxena (IPS:1987:MP) is retiring on November 30.
The records of all the officers eligible for the post are being scrutinized carefully by the Home Department. As per rules, records related to CR of special DG-rank officers, information about their seniority and field posting as well as their consent for taking over as DGP have to be sent to the UPSC for shortlisting.
The UPSC, on the basis of information supplied by the state, shortlists a panel consisting of the names of three senior-most IAS officers and send it back to the state government. The state government can pick any of the three to appoint as DGP. The process for this appointment is to be completed in November.
The names doing the rounds for the position of the state police chief include special DG Arvind Kumar (IPS:1988:MP), Kailash Makwana (IPS:1988:MP) and Ajay Sharma (IPS:1989:MP). Among these three, Sharma is reported to be ahead of others in the race for DGP’s post.
