Abhay, a 1986-batch IPS Officer, will assume charge as DGP of the State on Monday. He will take charge from interim DGP Satyajit Mohanty.
Abhay was on Friday sent back to his Odisha cadre, a Personnel Ministry order said. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his premature repatriation to Odisha with immediate effect, the order said.
Abhay was functioning as the Director of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad.
The State Government had in November named Abhay as DGP in place of BK Sharma.