Chandigarh, November 8: The Government of Punjab on 7 November 2026 promoted four 1995-batch Indian Police Service officers to the rank of Director General of Police and assigned new charges to seven senior officers, according to orders issued by the Department of Home Affairs and Justice.
Source: eGov / Elets, reporting the Punjab Home Department order
The promotions place Mohd Faiyaz Farooqui, Promod Ban, Amit Prasad and G. Nageswara Rao in the DGP rank at Level 16 of the pay matrix, with immediate effect. The orders were signed by Alok Shekhar, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Home Affairs and Justice, and copies were sent to the Union Home Secretary, the Special Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister and the Director General of Police.
Source: eGov / Elets
Kapil Dev, also a 1995-batch officer and currently on Central deputation, has been granted pro forma promotion to the same grade. His pay and other benefits during deputation, and after he rejoins the state cadre, will be regulated under the applicable rules, The Tribune reported. Primary reports of the 7 November notification were also carried by Indian Masterminds.
Source: The Tribune and Indian Masterminds, as reported by eGov / Elets
Who gets which charge
After the promotion, Promod Ban has been posted as Special DGP of the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF). Amit Prasad has been appointed Special DGP, Counter Intelligence. Farooqui has been posted as Special DGP, State Armed Police, Jalandhar Cantonment. Gollapalli Nageswara Rao has been appointed Special DGP, Provisioning, and will hold additional charge as Special DGP, Modernisation.
Source: eGov / Elets
Ban, a 1995-batch Punjab-cadre officer, had earlier handled assignments linked to counter-intelligence, modernisation, the Chief Minister's security and Special Crimes and Economic Offences, according to biographical notes compiled with the 7 November order. The AGTF posting puts a newly elevated Director General over the state's specialised anti-gangster unit.
Source: eGov / Elets
The AGTF was in the news the same weekend for bringing back a wanted gangster from Ethiopia after a 10-month manhunt. Read: Punjab Police bring back gangster Gurwinder 'Afridi' from Ethiopia
Other senior postings in the same order
Dr Jitendra Kumar Jain, a 1993-batch officer who was Special DGP at Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), Patiala, has been posted as Special DGP, Railways, and will continue to hold the PSPCL charge in addition. Anita Punj, a 1994-batch officer who is Special DGP, Human Resource Development and Welfare, has been given additional charge as Special DGP, Human Rights.
Source: eGov / Elets
Reports of the same Home Department order also name Gautam Cheema, a 1995-batch officer, as ADGP, Law and Order. All officers have been directed to join their new places of posting immediately.
Source: eGov / Elets
Why the order matters
Elevating four 1995-batch officers to DGP rank fills Level 16 posts that oversee anti-gangster operations, counter-intelligence, the State Armed Police, provisioning and modernisation. Pairing those promotions with named Special DGP charges, plus Railways, Human Rights and Law and Order, reduces interim gaps at the top of Punjab Police.