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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-10092026-276109
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4820]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2026/BHADRA 19, 1948
MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
(Department of Sports)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 9th September, 2026
S.O. 5010(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the National Sports Governance Act,
2025 (25 of 2025), read with the National Sports Governance (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2026, the Central
Government hereby notifies the following persons as members of the National Sports Election Panel for the purpose
of section 16 of the said Act, to act as Electoral Officers for overseeing the conduct of free and fair elections of the
National Sports Bodies,—
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| S. No. | Name |
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| 1. | Mr. Achal Kumar Joti, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India |
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| 2. | Mr. Sunil Arora, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India |
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| 3. | Mr. Anup Chandra Pandey, Former Election Commissioner of India |
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| 4. | Mr. Alok Kumar, Former State Election Commissioner (Assam) |
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| 5. | Mr. Chandrashekhar Bhatt, Former State Election Commissioner (Uttarakhand) |
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| 6. | Mr. Dalip Singh, Former State Election Commissioner (Haryana) |
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| 7. | Mr. Harish Chandra Joshi, Former State Election Commissioner (Uttarakhand) |
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| 8. | Mr. Narendra Kumar, Former Election Commissioner (Union Territories) |
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| 8. | Mr. R. Parasuram, Former State Election Commissioner (Madhya Pradesh) |
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| 20. | Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Former State Election Commissioner (Haryana) |
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| 11. | Mr. S. K. Srivastava, Former State Election Commissioner (Delhi) |
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| 12. | Mr. Sanjay Prasad, Former State Election Commissioner (Gujarat) |
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| 13. | Mr. Urvinder Pal Singh Madan, Former State Election Commissioner (Maharashtra) |
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| 14. | Mr. Varesh Sinha, Former State Election Commissioner (Gujarat) |
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| 15. | Dr. Sandeep Saxena, Former Deputy Election Commissioner of India |
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| 16. | Mr. Sudhir Tripathi, Former Deputy Election Commissioner of India |
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| 17. | Mr. Umesh Sinha, Former Deputy Election Commissioner of India |
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| 18. | Mr. Ajay V. Nayak, Former Chief Electoral Officer (Bihar) |
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| 19. | Mr. Ranbir Singh, Former Chief Electoral Officer (Delhi) |
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| 20. | Mr. Umang Narula, Former Chief Electoral Officer (Jammu & Kashmir) |
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