The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has finalised a panel of three IPS officers for appointment as Director General of Police (DGP)/Head of Police Force (HoPF) of Tamil Nadu.
The panel was drawn up following an Empanelment Committee Meeting held in Delhi on September 26, 2025. The list of shortlisted officers has been sent to the Tamil Nadu government, which is now expected to appoint a regular DGP soon. In line with Supreme Court directions, the officer appointed will have a fixed tenure of at least two years.
The state government had submitted a list of eight eligible DGP-rank officers in the last week of August. The process was expedited after the Supreme Court, while hearing a contempt petition, directed UPSC to complete the empanelment without delay.
The top three officers in order of seniority are Seema Agrawal, Rajeev Kumar, and Sandeep Rai Rathore. Other officers considered were K Vanniaperumal, Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal, G. Venkatraman (currently in-charge DGP/HoPF), Vinit Dev Wankhede, and Sanjay Mathur.
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