UPSC Panel To Shortlist 3 Officers For Odisha DGP

Bhubaneswar:1/8/26: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is set to hold a meeting of its empanelment committee on August 7 to shortlist three eligible candidates for the post of Director General of Police (DGP) of Odisha. The meeting, to be held in New Delhi, comes ahead of incumbent DGP YB Khurania’s retirement on August 16.

The Odisha government had earlier permitted DGP Khurania to retire from service on August 16 upon completion of his tenure as the state’s top police officer. Under UPSC guidelines, only officers
with at least 25 years of service and a minimum residual service of six months are eligible for consideration for the post of state DGP.

Back on May 14, the state government submitted a list of 11 senior IPS officers to the UPSC for empanelment. The probable candidates include Sudhanshu Sarangi (1990 batch), Susanta Kumar Nath and R P Koche(1993), Sanjeeb Panda and Yeshwant Kumar Jethwa (1994), Ritu Arora, Saumendra Priyadarshi, Santosh Bala and P S Ranpise (1995), along with  Arun Bothra and Sunita Kakran (1996). Of them, Sarangi, Nath and Koche areDGP-ranked, while the rest are ADGPs with over three decades of service.

All contenders under consideration satisfy the mandatory requirement of having at least six months of residual

service remaining. Frontrunners among the candidates include 1990-batchofficer Sudhanshu Sarangi along with1993-batch officers Sushant Kumar Nath and R P Koche.