In a key development, the Jharkhand government on Tuesday (December 30, 2025) appointed senior IPS officer Tadasha Mishra (IPS:1994:JH) as the regular Director General of Police (DGP) of the state. She has become the first woman DGP of Jharkhand.
To facilitate her appointment, the state government amended its existing rules, which earlier required a minimum of six months of residual service for an officer to be eligible for appointment as regular DGP.
Tadasha Mishra was appointed acting DGP on November 6, 2025, following the acceptance of voluntary retirement (VRS) of the then DGP Anurag Gupta (IPS:1989:JH). At the time of her appointment as acting DGP, Mishra had just 55 days remaining before her scheduled retirement on December 31, 2025. Given this, it was widely expected that another officer would be appointed as the regular DGP, as she did not meet the six-month service criterion under the earlier rules.
Subsequently, the state government amended the Jharkhand Director General and Inspector General of Police (Selection and Appointment) Rules, 2025, removing the requirement of a minimum six-month tenure before retirement for appointment as regular DGP.
Following this amendment, Tadasha Mishra has now been appointed as the regular DGP of Jharkhand. Under the revised rules, she will continue to serve as the state’s police chief for a tenure of two years, until 2027
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