Sundar Rajan, the Director of the Election Commission of India (ECI), has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre on personal grounds. He is a 2007 batch IRS-IT officer.
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) issued an order approving the proposal for his repatriation with the provision of extended cooling off. The Election Commission of India is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering election processes in India, including elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies, and the offices of the President and Vice President in the countr.
