TAPAN KUMAR DEKA

June 28, 2022

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) appointed Tapan Kumar Deka, a 1988-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, as Director, Intelligence Bureau for a period of two years, till June 2024.

About:

  • Deka will assume charge for a tenure of two years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post or until further orders, whichever is earlier, by granting extension in service under the provisions of FR 56(d) and Rule 16 (1A) of All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958.
  • He will be in service during the remaining term of the present government as the next Lok Sabha election will conclude in May that year.
  • Deka, from the Himachal Pradesh cadre who was set to retire in February 2023, will assume office on July 1 after incumbent Arvinda Kumar retires on June 30.

Samant Kumar Goel

  • Meanwhile, RAW Secretary Samant Kumar Goel, whose two-year fixed term would have ended on June 30, 2021, was granted another one-year extension by the ACC. Mr. Goel is a 1984-batch IPS officer from the Punjab cadre. 
Source : The Hindu