Bhubaneswar: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha RS Gopalan has applied for voluntary retirement from service citing health and personal reasons.
Gopalan, a 2001-batch IAS officer, has been serving as the Chief Electoral Officer of Odisha for the last two years.
He is also currently holding the additional charge of Secretary, Excise Department.
The officer has sought voluntary retirement nearly one and a half years before the completion of his service tenure, which was due to end in June 2028.










