In a major administrative development, the empanelment of 35 senior IPS officers has been approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. Out of all 35 senior officials, four Punjab cadre officers, including Amardeep Singh Rai, Anita Punj, Praveen Kumar Sinha, and Sudhanshu S Srivastava - all from the 1994 batch, have been selected to serve the high posts.
Reportedly, these officers have been promoted to hold the position of Director General (DG) or DG Equivalent-level posts at the Centre.
Currently, IPS officer Praveen Kumar Sinha is serving as Special DGP, Intelligence, Punjab, SAS Nagar, and additionally as Special DGP-cum-Chief Director, Vigilance Bureau, Punjab, SAS Nagar.
IPS officer Anita Punj is working as Special DGP-cum-Director, MRS PPA, Phillaur and also Special DGP, SCRB, Punjab, Chandigarh. IPS officer Amardeep Singh Rai is serving as Special DGP, Traffic & Road Safety, Punjab, Chandigarh, and IPS Sudhanshu S Srivastava Special DGP, Security, Punjab, Chandigarh.
It is worth mentioning that among these four, two officers - Anita Punj and Parveen Kumar Sinha, share a special bond as they are husband and wife.
The list of senior officials, which are empanelled from various state cadres across the nation is as follows -
Jitendra Kumar - 1993 Bihar Cadre
Neeraja Gotru Rao - 1993 Gujarat Cadre
Manoj Shashidhar - 1994 Gujarat Cadre
Manvinder Singh Bhatia - 1993 Jharkhand Cadre
Sampat Meena - 1994 Jharkhand Cadre
R P Rao Koche - 1993 Odisha Cadre
Yeshwant Kumar Jethwa - 1994 Odisha Cadre
Zaki Ahmad - 1993 Uttar Pradesh Cadre
Akhil Kumar - 1994 Uttar Pradesh Cadre
Prakash D - 1994 Uttar Pradesh Cadre
Raja Srivastava - 1994 Uttar Pradesh Cadre
Sujeet Pandey - 1994 Uttar Pradesh Cadre
G Venkataraman - 1994 Tamil Nadu Cadre
Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal - 1994 Tamil Nadu Cadre
Rajesh Kumar Arya - 1994 Rajasthan Cadre
Apte Vinayak Prabhakar - 1994 Telangana Cadre
Shikha Goel - 1994 Telangana Cadre
A Ravi Shankar - 1994 Andhra Pradesh Cadre
Deepak Kumar - 1994 (AM) Cadre
Anurag Kumar - AGMUT Cadre
Syed Javaid Mujtaba Gilani - AGMUT Cadre
Neeraj Thakur - AGMUT Cadre
Rakesh Aggarwal - 1994 Himachal Pradesh Cadre
Anant Kumar Singh - 1994 Madhya Pradesh Cadre
Manmeet Singh Narang - 1994 Madhya Pradesh Cadre
Along with this, the cadre from states including Haryana, Tripura and other states were also emplaned.
These orders were released by the authorities on July 29, 2025.