Hours before the announcement of the poll schedule in Chhattisgarh, the State government on Saturday issued the orders for promotion of three senior-most IPS officers of the state mainly-- Sanjay Pillay, R. K. Vij and Mukesh Gupta as Director General (DG).
The promotion of these officers were pending since long and citing the completion of service of 30 years from date of allotment of cadre, the Government promoted Sanjay Pillay , IPS officer of 1988 batch as Director General in the same post. He was earlier holding post of Additional Director General of Chhattisgarh Armed Force /S.T.F /Training /Administration (Additional Charge), Police Headquarters, Raipur.
Similarly, R K Vij , IPS officer of 1988 batch has been promoted as Special Director General, Planning Management and Technical Services (Telecommunication/CCTNS/Cyber Section), PHQ and Mukesh Gupta, (IPS-1988) has been promoted as Director General and will retain the same portfolio of Chhattisgarh Economic Offences Wing and ACB, Raipur.