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MHA directs against senior UP IPS officer
Lucknow: The Union of home affairs (MHA) has directed the UP government to initiate departmental action against senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Aditya Mishra, at present serving as director general, fire services.
According to senior officials in the state home department, the ministry has sent a formal notice recommending disciplinary proceedings against Mishra, a 1989-batch IPS officer. The action pertains to his tenure with the Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI), where he was on deputation.
Sources said that Mishra would soon be issued a notice and asked to submit his response. One senior official described the move as a standard procedure under departmental discipline.
Mishra has previously served as the ADG (law and order) in Uttar Pradesh. During his tenure with LPAI starting 2019, he played a key role in developing critical infrastructure, including the passenger terminal building and Maitri Dwar at Petrapole in West Bengal, as well as UP's first land port at Rupaidiha in Bahraich district, along the Indo-Nepal border and other projects. He returned on completion of deputation in Jan 2025.
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