Sunil Arora to be new Election Commissioner and Rajiv Mehrishi appointed Comptroller and Auditor General

In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, Government on Thursday appointed IAS officer Sunil Arora as Election Commissioner and former Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi as Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

Mehrishi, a 1978-batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer, will replace SK Sharma, who is retiring on September 24. Mehrishi retired yesterday from the post of Home Secretary after serving a period of two years.

In another appointment of the day, former IAS officer Sunil Arora is all set to take charge as Chief Election Commissioner on India.

After Nasim Zaidi retired as Chief Election Commissioner in July, there was a vacancy in the poll panel.
While Achal Kumar Joti is the CEC, Om Prakash Rawat is the other Election Commissioner.

Arora’s appointment will be with effect from the day he assumes charge, the law ministry notification said.