New Delhi: A new chairman has been appointed in the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UP RERA). The government has appointed retired IAS Sanjay Bhoosreddy as the chairman of UP RERA.

Retired IAS Dimple Verma has been appointed as member, RERA. Dimple Verma is the wife of Prashant Kumar, Special DGP, Uttar Pradesh.

Selection committee meeting was held in Prayagraj

A three-member committee headed by the Chief Justice has been constituted for the selection of the chairman and members of RERA. In this, Additional Chief Secretary Nitin Ramesh Gokarn and Principal Secretary Justice Pramod Kumar Srivastava were included as members.

In the meeting of this committee, the process was completed by calling and interviewing each and every member who applied for both the posts. After this, the committee sent its recommendation to the government.

The applications of about 23 people for the post of president and about 26 for the post of member were placed before the committee. Many former officers have applied for both the posts.

There were more than 30 contenders for the post of president and member

A meeting of the selection committee was held in Prayagraj on last Saturday for the selection of one post of chairman and member of UP RERA. The meeting, chaired by Justice Manoj Gupta, nominated by the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, considered about three dozen names who had applied for the post of chairperson and one member.

Among them former Chief Secretary RK Tiwari, Sanjay R. The names of several former senior IAS officers including Bhoosreddy, T Venkatesh, Dimple Verma and Aradhana Shukla also figure in the list. After the meeting, the envelope containing the recommendations of the committee was sealed and sent to the Chief Minister.