The Maharashtra government has finally given the 1986 batch IPS officer Sanjay Pandey his due and promoted him on December 20 as state director general of police, Home Guards. He held the post of the additional director general of police, Home Guards. Pandey is known for his investigation into several high-profile economic offense cases, including the infamous cobbler scam. He had recently moved the Bombay high court against a state home department resolution which delayed his promotion. The HC found merit in his argument and struck down the state order that had treated Pandey's leave between 2000 and 2002 as 'not on duty'. The HC also took the govt. to task for its 2016 order that had recalled its 2007 decision to regularize his leave period and treat him as on duty. The court had asked the state to consider Pandey's case for promotion to the post of additional director general of police from 2012 within four weeks. It had said that if found eligible, then after his promotion within six weeks, the state would have to consider him for promotion to the DGP's post.