New Delhi: The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has approved the premature repatriation of senior Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) officer Arti Chhabra Srivastava from the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) to her parent cadre. The move has been approved to enable her to avail the benefits of promotion in her parent cadre.
According to the DoPT order issued on Thursday, November 5, 2026, the competent authority has approved her premature repatriation from the CVC, where she has been serving as Additional Secretary (Joint Secretary level).
A 1990-batch IOFS officer, Srivastava has been serving in the CVC since March 2022. She is scheduled to superannuate on January 31, 2027, leaving her with less than three months before retirement.
Arti Chhabra Srivastava’s Tenure in CVC
Srivastava was appointed Additional Secretary (Joint Secretary level) in the Central Vigilance Commission in March 2022. Her appointment placed her in a senior position within the country’s principal vigilance institution.
In November 2025, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved an extension of her central deputation tenure up to the date of her superannuation. However, the latest DoPT order has now approved her premature repatriation to her parent cadre to enable her to receive the benefits of promotion.
Her repatriation comes ahead of her scheduled retirement on January 31, 2027.
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Earlier Served as SEBI’s First Full-Time Chief Vigilance Officer
Before joining the CVC, Srivastava served as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
She took charge of the position on December 16, 2018, becoming SEBI’s first full-time CVO. Her appointment was cleared by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in December 2018.
As CVO, she was responsible for overseeing vigilance-related matters and strengthening internal oversight mechanisms at the capital markets regulator. Her tenure was subsequently extended in late 2021.
She continued in the role until moving to the Central Vigilance Commission in March 2022.
Arti Chhabra Srivastava: IOFS Career and Service Background
Arti Chhabra Srivastava belongs to the 1990 batch of the Indian Ordnance Factories Service. She officially entered the civil services on September 16, 1991, and rose to the Higher Administrative Grade+ (HAG+) in her service.
Over the course of her career, she has held senior responsibilities in vigilance and administrative oversight, including her assignments at SEBI and the CVC.
Her central deputation assignments placed her in two important institutions involved in regulatory oversight and vigilance administration.
Scheduled to Retire on January 31, 2027
Srivastava is due to retire from government service on January 31, 2027. Her premature repatriation has been approved specifically to allow her to avail promotion benefits in her parent IOFS cadre before superannuation.
The latest order brings her central deputation at the CVC to an early close, following more than four years in the commission.
