Anup Chandra Pandey, Retired UP Cadre IAS Officer, Appointed Election Commissioner

Pandey, who retired as the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh in August 2019, will join the poll panel as one of the two Election Commissioners, with the other being Rajiv Kumar.

New Delhi: Former Uttar Pradesh-cadre IAS officer Anup Chandra Pandey was appointed an election commissioner on Tuesday, according to reports. The legislative department in the law ministry said the President of India is pleased to appoint Pandey, a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1984 batch, as an election commissioner with effect from the date he assumes office.

Pandey, 62, will demit office in February 2024 on attaining the age of 65 years, according to the age criteria guiding the election commissioners. The next Lok Sabha polls could be announced sometime in March 2024. There was a vacancy in the poll panel. Sunil Arora demitted office as the chief election commissioner (CEC) on April 12. While Sushil Chandra is the CEC, Rajiv Kumar is the other election commissioner.

()With inputs from PTI)