Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday allowed 1990 batch IPS officer and former In Charge DGP Arun Kumar Sarangi to take voluntary retirement from government service.
As a result, Sarangi will assume his new responsibility from next Monday afternoon. He has been appointed as the Chairman of the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) by the State government.
According to the notification issued by the Home Department on Saturday, Sarangi, Director of Biju Patnaik State Police Academy, has been appointed as the Chairman of OPSC on September 27.
Sarangi applied for voluntary retirement on September 30 to take up his new responsibilities. He had requested to allow him to retire from service from forenoon of October 7.
The State Government has allowed him to retire from the service by relaxing the conditions contained in sub-section-2 of All India Service Rules-1958. In addition to this, it is mentioned in the notification that he is entitled to all the retirement benefits on the basis of All India Service Rules-1958.
