Odisha: IPS Officer Satyajit Mohanty Becomes New OPSC Chief

Bhubaneswar: Senior IPS officer Satyajit Mohanty has been appointed as the chairman of the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) by Governor Professor Ganeshi Lal.

Mohanty is currently serving as the Director General of Fire Services, Commandant General of Home Guards and Director of Civil Defence, Odisha.

He will hold the post of OPSC chairman till he attains the age of 62, said a notification of the General Administration and Public Grievance Department.

“In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of the Article 316 of Constitution of India, read with Regulation 3 of the Odisha Public Service Commission (Conditions of Service) Regulations, 1952, the Governor of Odisha has been pleased to appoint Dr. Satyajit Mohanty, IPS, Director General, Fire Services, Commandant General, Home Guards & Director, Civil Defence, Odisha, Cuttack as Chairman, Odisha Public Service Commission until he attains the age of sixty-two years,” the notification read.

“The conditions of service of Dr. Satyajit Mohanty, IPS as Chairman, OPSC shall be regulated in accordance with the provisions of the Odisha Public Service Commission (Conditions of Service) Regulations, 1952 as amended from time to time,” the notification added.

Mohanty, an IPS officer of 1988 batch, had earlier served in many important positions in the State police administration. He worked as SP of Koraput, Rourkela, Cuttack and Balasore districts. Besides, Mohanty had served as the Additional SP of Puri.

In July 2018, Mohanty was appointed as the new commissioner of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Police Commissionerate and later Director of Intelligence before assuming the office of the DG of fire services.

(Edited By Pradeep Singh)