The Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday (31.12.2024) issued notification to appoint retired IAS officer Manoj Shrivastava (Retd. IAS:1987:MP) as new State Election Commissioner (SEC) of the state. According to notification, Shrivastava will serve for six years or until completion of 66 years of age, whichever is earlier.
He replaced incumbent SEC Basant Pratap Singh (Retd.IAS:1984:MP), whose extension period for the post expired on Tuesday. Singh had been serving in the role since December 31, 2018. Before serving as the State Election Commissioner, Singh was the Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh between November 1, 2016 and December 2018.