As many as 61 IPS officers in Uttar Pradesh are set to receive promotions in the new year, ranging from SP to Director General (DG) rank. The promotions will be made against existing vacancies and in phases, as senior officers retire.
Six district police chiefs will be promoted from SP to DIG, bringing 2012-batch officers into the DIG rank. At the same time, six DIGs from the 2008 batch will be elevated to Inspector General (IG), while three 2001-batch IGs will move up to Additional Director General (ADG).
DG-Level Promotions and Senior Appointments
Six ADG-rank officers will be promoted to DG in the coming months. Although officers from the 1996 batch became eligible on January 1, 2026, promotions will take place as DG-level vacancies arise.
- GRP ADG Prakash D. (1994 batch) will become DG on March 1, replacing Sandeep Salunke.
- LV Antony Dev Kumar, ADG (Rules & Manual), will be promoted after DG Home Guard M.K. Bashal retires on March 1.
- ADG Power Corporation Jai Narayan Singh will be promoted on February 28, replacing Dipesh Juneja.
- Kanpur Zone ADG Alok Singh and Gorakhpur Zone ADG Mutha Ashok Jain will be promoted to DG on May 1 and June 1, following retirements on April 30 and May 31, respectively.
Mutha Ashok Jain will retire on August 31, after which Lucknow Police Commissioner Amarendra Sengar will take over as DG.
Rajeev Krishna to Become Permanent DGP
Acting DGP Rajeev Krishna is set to become the permanent Director General of Police. He will become eligible after Alok Sharma retires on June 30, which will place him among the top three officers in the IPS seniority list.
IGs to Be Promoted as ADGs
Three 2001-batch IPS officers will be promoted from IG to ADG. These include Lucknow Range IG Tarun Gaba, Ayodhya Range IG Praveen Kumar, and Joint CP Kanpur Ashutosh Kumar.
Lucknow Zone is expected to see major reshuffles. Although ADG Sujit Pandey has been promoted to DG, he will continue to oversee the zone. New IGs will be appointed for both Lucknow ranges.
SPs to DIG and SP to SSP Promotions
Fifteen 2012-batch officers will be promoted from SP to DIG. Prominent among them are Saharanpur SSP Ashish Tiwari, Meerut SSP Vipin Tada, Lakhimpur Kheri SP Sankalp Sharma, Pilibhit SP Abhishek Yadav, Mirzapur SP Somen Barma, and Gorakhpur SP Raj Karan Nayyar. Officers on central deputation, Sujata Singh and Salman Taj Patil, will receive proforma promotions.
In addition, 32 IPS officers from the 2013 batch will be promoted from SP to SSP. The list includes Suniti, Anurag Arya, Abhishek Mahajan, Ashish Srivastava, Khyati Garg, Gaurav Grover, Rohit Singh Sajwan, Akash Tomar, Anurag Vats, Dr Satish Kumar, Yashvir Singh, and Amit Kumar Pratham, among others.
DPC Meeting at Month-End
The Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meeting will be held at the end of December. It will be chaired by the Chief Secretary, with the Principal Secretary (Home) and the DGP present. The meeting will formally clear the promotions.
