10 IPS Officers Across Multiple States Set to Retire in February 2026
As many as 10 IPS officers of various cadres and batches are retiring in February 2026.
Ten IPS officers spanning various state cadres and batches are scheduled to retire in February 2026, marking the conclusion of their service across a geographically diverse set of state police forces.
The retiring officers include Sanjay Bharti of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, Prem Kumar Thakur of Himachal Pradesh, Anshuman Singh of Madhya Pradesh, and Sanjeev Kalra of Punjab, reflecting the natural spread of retirements across cadres that occurs each month based on individual officers' birth dates rather than coordinated administrative scheduling.
Uttar Pradesh accounts for the largest single-cadre contingent in this cohort, with three officers, Sandeep Salunke, Manmohan Kumar Bashal, and Bikash Kumar Baidya, all completing their service in the same month, a concentration that will require the state's police leadership to manage several senior-level vacancies arising simultaneously.
Dipesh Juneja from Uttarakhand and Debasish Roy and Jacqueline Dorjee from West Bengal round out the retirement cohort, bringing the list's geographic span across six states in total.
IPS retirements are governed by the standard superannuation age applicable to All India Service officers, with each officer's specific retirement date determined by their date of birth, meaning states affected by these retirements will need to manage the resulting senior-level vacancies through their standard promotion and transfer processes in the following weeks.
States with multiple retirements in a single month, such as Uttar Pradesh's three departures here, typically begin succession planning in advance, since replacing senior IPS vacancies often requires departmental promotion committee clearance for eligible officers from the rank immediately below before the vacancy can be formally filled.
Each retiring officer's date of superannuation falls within February 2026 based on individual birth-date records, with respective state cadre authorities expected to manage the resulting vacancies through routine posting adjustments in the following weeks.
