NEW DELHI: Senior IPS officer
Shivanand Jha was on Thursday given a three-month extension in service, till July-end, as Director General of
Gujarat Police, according to a Personnel Ministry order. Jha, a 1983-batch officer of the
Indian Police Service, was due to superannuate at the end of this month.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has approved extension in Jha's service for a period of three months beyond his superannuation, i.e., April 30, 2020 in public interest, it said.