The Odisha Home Department has issued a formal notification promoting 15 Additional Superintendents of Police (OPS cadre) to the rank of Superintendent of Police (SP).
Issued by Deputy Secretary R. Panda on the Governor's orders, the promotions are temporary. They will remain in effect for one year, until retirement, or until Odisha Public Service Commission recommendations are received. Despite the upgrade, all 15 officers will continue in their current postings until further orders.
The promoted officers and their current assignments include:
Prasant Kumar Das (Ganjam)
Ranjit Kumar Parshti (Cuttack UPD)
Sushil Kumar Mishra (Puri)
Amarendra Panda (Cuttack UPD)
Devadutt Baral (Police HQ)
Ajay Kumar Mishra (Sambalpur)
Vikash Ranjan Behura (CID-CB)
Arun Kumar Nayak (Vigilance)
Shishir Kumar Mishra (Intelligence/CID-CB)
Suryamani Pradhan (Dhenkanal)
Vijay Kumar Mallick (CID-CB)
Sanjeev Kumar Shatpathy (STF)
Satya Narayan Pradhan (OHRC, Bhubaneswar)
Anant Prasad Mallick (Vigilance, Jajpur)
Subash Chandra Panda-B (Nayagarh)