In office 19 November 2022 – 9 March 2024 (Resigned) [1][2]
Preceded by
Rajiv Kumar
Succeeded by
Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Retired IAS Officer
Personal details
Born
(1962-12-07) 7 December 1962 (age 61) Punjab, India
Arun Goel (born 7 December 1962) is a retired 1985-batch Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to the Punjab cadre. On November 19, 2022, he was appointed as Election Commissioner of India and assumed charge on November 21, 2022.[3][4][5][6] His appointment has been challenged in the Indian Supreme Court due to procedural concerns but was given clearance on 3 August 2023.[7][8][9][10][11]Thereafter, on 9 March, 2024 he resigned from the post due to personal reasons.
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^"Arun Goel appointment as EC challenged in SC: Who is the retired bureaucrat?". The Indian Express. 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
^"NGO moves Supreme Court against Arun Goel's appointment as Election Commissioner". The Hindu. 2023-04-16. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
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^"SC bench recuses from hearing plea challenging appointment of Arun Goel as EC". Hindustan Times. 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
^Bureau, The Hindu (2023-08-04). "Supreme Court dismisses plea challenging appointment of Arun Goel as Election Commissioner". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
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Arun (1995), The Ayodhya Reference: Supreme Court Judgement and Commentaries, New Delhi: Voice of India, ISBN 978-81-85990-30-9 Shourie, Arun; Goel,...
will not be spared: Mukul Goel". Daily Pioneer. 3 July 2021. Vijay, Arun (27 September 2013). "ADG Arun Kumar removed, Mukul Goel replaces him". Hindustan...
directed by Ajay Goel. It stars Raj Babbar and Rati Agnihotri in lead roles. Suman sacrifices a lot and cares for her adoptive brother Arun when his parents...
mystery thriller television series created by Avinash Arun and Ishani Banerjee and directed by Avinash Arun. It stars Nimrat Kaur, Aamir Bashir, Varin Roopani...
currently awarded as follows: † Some sources credit Goel with 636 or 640 wickets instead – see Rajinder Goel article for details. The following teams have won...
Tripathi as Syed Shahid Hakim, Rahim's son Rishab Joshi as S. S. Hakim Nitanshi Goel as Rahim's daughter Aayesha Vindhara as Rahim's daughter Meenal Patel as...
as Manoj Goel Resham Tipnis as Aarati Manoj Goel Aanjjan Srivastav as Rajendra Goel (2005–2006) (Dead) Shagufta Ali as Surekha Rajendra Goel "Danima"...
India's Future. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-03059-6. Arun Shourie, Goel, Sita Ram, et al. Freedom of expression – Secular Theocracy Versus...
Satyen Kappu as School Master Mac Mohan as Goon Arun Bakshi as Goon Manik Irani as Kolhapuri Dada Ramesh Goel as Police Officer Javed Khan Amrohi as Dubai...
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Retrieved 2019-08-27. Kumar, Arun; Goel, ManishKumar; Jain, RamBilas; Khanna, Pardeep (2014). "Tracking the implementation...
(1972) Swarup, Ram: Hindu View of Christianity and Islam (1993) Shourie, Arun & Goel, S. R., (1991). Hindu Temples: What Happened to Them. New Delhi: Voice...
Story of the Indian Stock Market. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-9-3907-4257-8. Goel, A., Tripathi, V. and Agarwal, M. (2021), "Market microstructure: a comparative...
T.R. Vedantham and Sita Ram Goel) Chapters Five and Six in Hindu Temples - What Happened to Them (1990 vol.1, with Arun Shourie and others, ISBN 81-85990-49-2...
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