Former Uttar Pradesh-cadre IAS officer Anup Chandra Pandey (62) is the new Election Commissioner of India.
While Sushil Chandra is the CEC, Rajiv Kumar is the other Election Commissioner besides newly appointed Anup Chandra Pandey.
Pandey is a retired IAS officer of 1984 batch who will demit office in February 2024, just before the next Lok Sabha polls to be held around March 2024.
As per the age criteria guiding the election commissioners, the retirement age has been fixed at 65 years. Pandey will hence have around three years to serve in the poll body. Born on February 15, 1959, Pandey served many key positions, including that of the chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The Election Commission has been working with a vacancy since former CEC Sunil Arora demitted office on April 12, almost a month ago.