Anup Chandra Pandey, a retired IAS officer of the 1984 batch, Uttar Pradesh cadre, was appointed as Election Commissioner.
Anup Chandra Pandey, a retired IAS officer of the 1984 batch, Uttar Pradesh cadre, was appointed as Election Commissioner by the Union Government on Tuesday.
Pandey has been appointed to the position left vacant because of former Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora’s retirement on April 12. The new appointment restores the three-member commission to its full strength, which will now oversee the next rounds of high-stake assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand next year.
The other two members on the panel are Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar.
Anup Chandra Pandey, before his retirement from the civil services in August 2019, had served as the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and also as the Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner of the state.
Pandey, in the Election Commission, will have a little under three years in office and will retire in February 2024.
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