2003 batch IAS officer Rigzin Samphel has made a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) request on medical grounds. He is posted as Resident Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh in New Delhi. He is the fourth IAS officer of UP cadre in the past year to seek voluntary retirement.
Samphel has sought retirement as he wishes to return to his native place Ladakh.
Earlier, IAS officers Renuka Kumar (1987 batch), Juthika Patankar (1988 batch) and Vikas Gothalwal (2003 batch) had also sought VRS.
