Fourteen IPS Officers Across Nine Cadres Set to Retire This May
Fourteen senior IPS officers from cadres including Haryana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and UP retire in May 2026, marking a significant transition.
A total of 14 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers representing a cross-section of state cadres and batches are scheduled to hang up their uniforms this May 2026. The retiring officers span multiple states: Hardeep Singh Doon and Rajesh Duggal are stepping down from the Haryana cadre, while K Ramachandra Rao bids farewell from Karnataka. The Kerala cadre sees the largest contingent with four retirements — Santosh K V, Gopakumar K S, Johnkutty K L and R Mahesh. Mahesh Chand Jain departs from Madhya Pradesh, and D S Chavan concludes his tenure in Maharashtra. Punjab bids adieu to Ishwar Singh, while Tamil Nadu witnesses the retirement of H M Jayaram and N M Mayilvahanan. Rakesh Prakash Singh steps down from Uttar Pradesh, and L V Antony Dev Kumar concludes his service in the Uttarakhand cadre. The wave of retirements underscores a generational shift in India's premier police service, with fresh appointments expected to fill the resulting vacancies across these states.
