Sujeet Pandey, IPS: Profile, Family, Caste and Age

Sujeet Pandey is a 1994 batch IPS officer of UP cadre. He is known as one of the most honest and hard working police officers of UP in the contemporary times. He has recently been appointed as the commissioner of Lucknow.

Yogi Adityanath Government has introduced commissionerate system in Lucknow and NOIDA. The government is expecting that this system will improve the law and order condition of these two cities and also help in opening a proper channel of communication among various arms of government. And, they couldn’t find a better choice that Sujit Pandey for this post in Lucknow.

Profile and Wiki of Sujit Pandey

Sujit Pandey was born on 1^st August, 1968 in Patna. His father’s name is Narendra Kumar Pandey. He has M. A. in History from Patna. In fact, it is Patna from where he has completed all education and had also prepared for Civil Services Examination. In 1993, he had cracked UPSC CSE and was allotted IPS with UP cadre. 

 

The family of Sujeet Pandey is basically from Bhagalpur. As a matter of fact, his father was also an IAS officer of Bihar cadre.  

Apart from being the SP of 12 districts in UP, Sujeet had also worked with CBI for 7 years. He had investigated many high profile cases, including Nandigram massacre and Bombay Bomb Blast (2006).

Sujit Pandey is married and till recently was living in Prayagraj with his family.

It may be noted that the commissionerate system for effective policing was recommended by Dharmveer Commission in 1977. Unfortunately, no government ever tried to implement it in UP. The biggest obstacle was to convince IAS officers. It is believed that IAS will lose its powers in cities where Commissioner system will be in place. 

 

News and Controversy

Sujeet Pandey has alwasy been a no nonsense officer. He is known for never making any compromising. He has been punished for this virtue many times. It is believed that former DGP Sukhlan Singh had side lined him during his tenure. It was O P Singh who had brought him back and had requested Yogi Government to transfer him to some responsible position.