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Punjab sends names of 14 officers to UPSC for appointment of regular DGP

By IndianMandarins- 07 Apr 2026
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Chandigarh (07.04.2026): The Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government has reportedly sent a panel of 14 IPS officers to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for shortlisting three candidates for the post of regular Director General of Police (DGP). The list comprised names of Gaurav Yadav (IPS: 1992: PB), Sharad Satya Chauhan (IPS: 1992: PB), Kuldeep Singh (IPS: 1992: PB), Harpreet Singh Sidhu (IPS: 1992: PB), Gurpreet Kaur Deo (IPS: 1993: PB), Jitendra Kumar Jain (IPS: 1993: PB), Shashi Prabha Dwivedi (IPS: 1993: PB), Sudhanshi Shekhar Srivastava (IPS: 1994: PB), P K Sinha (IPS: 1994: PB), Amardeep Singh Rai (IPS: 1994: PB) and V Neeraja (IPS: 1994: PB).
In February, the Supreme Court of India had pulled up some states, including Punjab, for having acting DGPs. The Punjab government had passed the Punjab Police (Amendment) Bill in 2023, which empowers the state to appoint the DGP through a separate state-level committee. However, this bill is yet to be given assent by the President. The AAP government had appointed Gaurav Yadav as officiating DGP in July 2022 after the state police head V K Bhawra (Retd IPS: 1987: PB) was sent on leave.

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