With the two-year-tenure of current DGP Y B Khurania (IPS:1990:OD) ending on August 16, Odisha has begun the process of finding his replacement in order to maintain continuity in top police leadership. The state police headquarters has prepared a panel of three top-ranking IPS officers and forwarded it to the state government for further action. The IPS officers included in the list are Sudhanshu Sarangi (IPS:1990:OD), Susanta Kumar Nath (IPS:1993:OD), and R P Koche (IPS:1992:OD).
While senior-most IPS officer Sudhanshu Sarangi is currently serving as Chairman-cum-Managing Director at Odisha State Police Housing and Welfare Corporation Limited, Susanta Kumar Nath is currently posted as DG (Prisons), and Koche is currently serving as the Director of Intelligence.
As per norms, the state government will submit the panel to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) next month for empanelment, which, in turn, will convene the Empanelment Committee Meeting (ECM) to assess the officers’ credentials. The committee evaluates service records, disciplinary history, and leadership experience before finalising the panel. The Odisha govt will then appoint the new DGP from the UPSC-approved list.
This appointment process is in accordance with established guidelines prescribed by the law to maintain transparency and merit-based selection of a state police chief.
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