UPSC to meet on Nov 20 to draw up panel of three from 12 names for new Madhya Pradesh DGP

A meeting to prepare a panel of three names for the next Director General of Police (DGP) of Madhya Pradesh is to be held on November 20. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has called the meeting in Delhi at 3 pm. The state government has sent 12 names to the UPSC, and three will be chosen from them. One of those three IPS officers will be made the new DGP.

The UPSC chairman or a representative, Chief Secretary Ashok Barnwal, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Sanjay Shukla and DGP Kailash Makwana will attend the meeting. The names on the panel will be decided at this meeting.

The 12 names sent by the state government are Varun Kapoor, Upendra Jain, Pragya Richa Shrivastava, Pankaj Shrivastava, Adarsh Katiyar, G Akheto Sema, Anil Kumar, Ravi Gupta, Anant Kumar Singh, Manmeet Narang, Rajababu Singh and DP Gupta. Of these, Manmeet Narang is currently on central deputation.

Varun Kapoor, Upendra Jain and Pragya Richa Shrivastava are said to be likely to make the panel of three. It is said that there is no complaint or inquiry against any of the three. If there is no agreement on any of these names, the name of Pankaj Shrivastava, fourth in the seniority list, may also be discussed.

Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav is to leave on November 23 on a foreign tour to invite investors to the Global Investors Summit. A decision on the new DGP is therefore expected before the tour. He is believed likely to approve one of the three names on the panel before leaving. The Home Department will then issue the appointment order.

The new DGP will take charge on December 1. Under a Supreme Court order, the tenure will be at least two years. In 2024 as well, the Chief Minister left on a foreign tour on November 23, before Kailash Makwana was made DGP. He had approved Makwana's name before going on that tour.