Senior bureaucrat RK Gupta was on Thursday appointed as the deputy election commissioner, an order issued by the Personnel Ministry said.
He comes in place of T Sreekanth.
Gupta, a Central Secretariat Service officer, will serve as deputy election commissioner (Joint secretary level) till 28 February next year, the date of his superannuation, the Personnel Ministry order said.
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