No 1984 batch IDES officer is in service

All 1984 batch IDES officers have retired and one each from 1985 and 1986 are working officers. According to the seniority list, no officers from 1987 & 1988 are working. The sole officer of 1986 batch Aalok Gupta is scheduled to retire this year in June while Prachur Goyal, the only 1985 batch IDES officer will retire next year in July. However, Deepa Bajwa,the only 1983 batch serving IDES officer - presently DG,DE and will attain the age of superannuation in May 2021. In such a scenario, the next DG,DE likely to be appointed from 1989 batch because there won't be any officer from 1984 to 1988 batches by that time.