With Maharashtra’s Director General of Police (DGP) Rashmi Shukla set to retire on December 31. The state Home department had shortlisted seven IPS officers as potential successors. The list was sent to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for further action. The UPSC is likely to select any three names for final consideration. The state government will appoint one of the three as the next DGP of the state. The names in the list are NIA Chief Sadanand Date, DGP (Legal and Technical) Sanjay Verma, Commandant General of Home Guards Ritesh Kumar, DGP (Anti-Corruption Bureau) Sanjeev Kumar Singhal, Director General (state Police Housing and Welfare Corporation) Archana Tyagi, Civil Defence Director Sanjeev Kumar and DG (Government Railway Police) Prashant Burde.