Lucknow: The 1988 batch senior IPS officer Vijay Kumar will be the new acting DGP of Uttar Pradesh, the head of the state police. The tenure of Acting DGP RK Vishwakarma, who was also a 1988 batch IPS officer, ended recently.
IPS Vijay Kumar will retire in January 2024. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issued the order for his appointment.
It has been discussed that after the new DGP Vijay Kumar’s tenure, the name of the permanent DGP will be considered.
The government has assigned IPS Vijay Kumar as DG Vigilance, DG CBCID as well as an additional charge of Acting DGP.
The Chief Minister might soon send a proposal to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to make him the DGP of the state. In the last 13 months, Kumar will be the third officer to become the acting DGP of UP.
With Vijay Kumar IPS becoming the Acting DGP of the UP Police, the ongoing discussions regarding the posting of the DGP have come to an end since last month.
It started with the sudden removal of Mukul Goyal from the DGP’s chair on 12 May 2022. Mukul Goyal, who was to retire in February 2024, was removed by the Yogi government due to his lack of interest in the works related to the department and inaction. And then DG Intelligence Dr. Devendra Singh Chauhan was made the acting DGP.
When Dr. Devendra Singh Chauhan retired on March 31, the government appointed Dr. RK Vishwakarma as acting DGP. Even before his retirement, there was again discussion about the posting of a permanent DGP in UP.
But the state government did not send any panel to UPSC for the appointment of a permanent DGP. So it was assumed that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has again made up his mind to appoint an acting DGP in the state. Which, on Wednesday, he gave his consent on the file to make Vijay Kumar IPS the acting DGP.
