Bhubaneswar: Election Commission of India has ordered appointments in Odisha of two IPS officers as SPs of Berhampur and Khurda on Monday. The Commission has approved the
name of following officers for post as mentioned against their names:
Sarthak Sarangi, IPS (RR-2007) SP, Berhampur (District Ganjam)
Awinash Kumar, IPS (RR-2007) SP, Khurda
Earlier on April 2, the Election Commission of India ordered transfers in Odisha. Two Collectors, One IG and Five SPs transferred.
Here is a list of the candidates:
DM and DEO Cuttack – Vineet Bharadwaj
DM and DEO Jagatsinghpur – Parul Patwari
IPS Ashish Kumar Singh (IG Central)
Sundargarh SP – Kanwar Vishal Singh
Khordha SP – Jugal Kishore Banoth
Rourkela SP – Mitrabhanu Mohapatra
Berhampur SP – S. Vivek Kumar
Angul SP – Sudhanshu Sekhar Mishra
Earlier on March 21, 2024 the Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued transfer orders for DM of Dhenkanal and SP of Deogarh districts in Odisha said reports.
The ECI has ordered the transfer of non-cadre officers who are posted at leadership positions as District Magistrate (DM) and Superintendent of Police (SP) in four states namely Gujarat, Punjab, Odisha and West Bengal.
Post of DM and SP in the district are for officers from Indian Administrative and Indian Police Service respectively. The officers to be transferred are SPs of Chhota Udaipur and Ahmedabad Rural districts in Gujarat.
Reports say that the SSPs of Pathankot, Fazilka, Jalandhar Rural and Malerkotla districts in Punjab. DM of Dhenkanal and SPs of Deogarh and Cuttack Rural in Odisha and DM of Purba Medinipur, Jhargram, Purba Bardhaman and Birbhum districts of West Bengal.
Additionally, the Commission has also directed for transfer of SSP Bathinda in Punjab and SP Sonitpur in Assam in view of their kinship or familial association with the elected political representatives.
Ms Kalinga