New Delhi (28.06.2023): The Centre on Wednesday appointed one Special Director by promotion, two Additional Directors and a Joint Director was given extension.
The incumbent Additional Director Ajay Bhatnagar (IPS: 1989: JH) was promoted and appointed to the post of Special Director up to his superannuation i.e. 30.11.2024.
Interestingly, weeks ahead of completion of Central Deputation tenure the incumbent Joint Director Anurag (IPS: 1994: TR) was elevated as Additional Director. He will serve as Additional Director for a period ending 24.07.2023 i.e. completion of his 7 years tenure. To formalise the promotion of Anurag a Special Director rank post was downgraded (temporarily) to Additional Director-level for a period of three years.
In addition to Anurag, Joint Director Manoj Sashidhar (IPS: 1994: GJ) was appointed to the post of Additional Director for a period of three years. He will complete his five years tenure in CBI in January 2025 but now he will continue to the elevated post upto June 2026.
Further, the deputation tenure of Sharad Agarwal (IPS: 1997: AGMUT), Joint Director, CBI was extended for one year from 01.06.2023 to 31.05.2024 i.e. 8 years in total in relaxation of IPS Tenure Policy.
In a separate notification the Centre also extended the tenure of three Joint Directors. Accordingly, Viplav Kumar Choudhry (IPS: 1997: AGMUT) will continue for another 18 months i.e. up to 27.09.2024 whereas Pankaj Kumar Srivastava (IPS: 1992: MP) will continue as Joint Director till 24.11.2023.
