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Former Gujarat chief secretary Achal Kumar Jyoti has been appointed as Election Commissioner, filling one of the two vacant positions in the commission. Shri Achal Kumar Jyoti is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1975 batch, he has also served as Kandla Port Trust chairman. The tenure of the 62-year-old officer will commence from the day he assumes his charge, the Law Ministry notification said. He will have a tenure of around three years, i.e. till attaining the age of 65.

After H S Brahma demitted the office of the CEC in April and Nasim Zaidi got elevated to the top post, two posts in the three-member Election Commission had become vacant. The government has further stated that it will soon appoint one more Election Commissioner to fill up the last vacancy.

By Premji