India
pti-PTI
New
Delhi,
Nov
19:
Former
bureaucrat
Arun
Goel
was
on
Saturday
appointed
as
Election
Commissioner.
The
third
post
in
the
three-member
poll
panel
was
vacant
for
nearly
six
months.
A
communique
from
the
law
ministry
this
evening
read,
“The
President
is
pleased
to
appoint
Shri
Arun
Goel,
IAS
(Retd.)
(PB:
1985)
as
the
Election
Commissioner
in
the
Election
Commission
with
effect
from
the
date
he
assumes
the
office”.
A
Punjab
cadre
officer
of
the
1985
batch,
Girl
will
join
Chief
Election
Commissioner
Rajiv
Kumar
and
Election
Commissioner
Anup
Chandra
Pandey
in
the
poll
panel.
Gujarat
polls:
Independent
candidate
deposits
Rs
10,000
to
EC
in
Re
1
coins
His
appointment
was
announced
by
the
government
in
a
press
statement.
Sushil
Chandra
had
retired
as
the
chief
election
commissioner
in
May
this
year
after
which
Rajiv
Kumar
took
charge.
Once
Goel
joins
his
new
responsibility,
he
would
be
in
line
to
be
the
next
chief
election
commissioner
after
the
incumbent
demits
office
in
February
2025.
Goel
will
demit
office
in
December
2027
on
attaining
the
age
of
65
years,
as
reported
by
Tribune.