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Date of birth4 September 1984
Age38 Years
BirthplacePanduka village, Chhura tehsil, Raipur district, Chhattisgarh, India
ProfessionCivil servant (IAS)
NationalityIndian
Marital statusMarried
SpouseJai Prakash Maurya
FamilySon: Ram; Father: Arun Kumar Sahu; Mother: Lakshmi Sahu
Ranu Sahu (IAS) Biography
Ranu Sahu is an Indian Administrative Service officer of the 2010 batch from Chhattisgarh cadre. Previously a Deputy Superintendent of Police, she has held
Early life and backgroundRanu Sahu was born on 4 September 1984 in Panduka village, Chhura tehsil, in Raipur district, Chhattisgarh. She was raised in Chhura and attended the local government school in Panduka. She went on to study at the Govt. Dudhdhari Bajrang Girls' Post-Graduate Autonomous College in Raipur, affiliated with Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla University, where she completed a Bachelor of Science degree with a focus on biology. Her family background includes her father, Arun Kumar Sahu, who ran a hardware shop, and her mother, Lakshmi Sahu, who has been involved in local politics.
Career
Ranu Sahu began her public-service career preparing for police examinations and became a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) after passing the Chhattisgarh PCS examination in 2007. She later cleared the UPSC and was selected for the Indian Administrative Service in the 2010 batch, securing an All-India rank of 88. She trained at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie before taking up field postings in Chhattisgarh.
Her early IAS assignments included a period as an under-trainee Assistant Collector at Durg, where she worked on land revenue management and district administration from June 2011 to July 2012. She served as Chief Executive Officer of Panchayati Raj in Koriya in early 2014. Through 2014 to 2016 she held municipal and district-level responsibilities, including Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation in Bilaspur and additional charge as Additional Collector at Jashpur. From May 2016 to August 2018 she continued in additional collector roles in Bilaspur and held the additional charge of Sub Collector of Sarguja.
In 2019 she became District Collector of Kanker, a post she held until May 2020. From May 2020 through January 2023 she served as Commissioner of the Commercial Taxes Department. In June 2022 she was posted as Collector of Raigarh. In January 2023 she was appointed Joint Secretary in the Agriculture Department at Raipur, also carrying additional charge as Sanchalak Deputy Secretary of the Mandi Parishad, Raipur.
Public profile
Sahu’s career has included public controversies reported in the press. In March 2022 a state cabinet minister publicly accused her of corrupt conduct during earlier postings. A departmental disagreement in 2020 drew attention when a heated verbal exchange during a GST meeting led to the resignation tendered by an additional commissioner; state leadership intervened and the resignation was later not accepted. Press reports have also detailed law-enforcement actions related to a high-profile investigation into a coal levy matter. In late July 2023 she was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with that investigation and was produced before a court, which remanded her to ED custody for a limited period.
The Enforcement Directorate has reported provisional attachment of certain properties in connection with the probe. Her legal counsel has publicly commented on her cooperation with earlier summons and disputed aspects of the agency’s actions. These events attracted significant media coverage and attention to her role in administration and investigations.
Personal life
Ranu Sahu is married to Jai Prakash Maurya, who is also an IAS officer of the 2010 Chhattisgarh cadre; the couple were married on 7 September 2012. They have a son named Ram. Her extended family includes siblings and in-laws; her brother Piyush Sahu and a sister-in-law Shalini Sahu are mentioned in public records. Her father-in-law, Mithai Lal Maurya, passed away in November 2021.
Sahu has been described as someone who practises yoga regularly. Public records list her physical measurements and attributes such as height around 168 cm and weight approximately 55 kg. She is identified as Hindu and belongs to an OBC caste category in official notes.
Latest updates
As of July 2023, Ranu Sahu remained a figure of public interest due to the Enforcement Directorate’s actions in the coal levy-related investigation and related reporting. Prior to that, her most recent administrative posting was as a Joint Secretary in the Agriculture Department in Raipur with additional charge at the Mandi Parishad.
Her career has spanned police service and civil administration in multiple district and departmental roles across Chhattisgarh, and she continues to be a noted civil servant from the state.
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Recent Work
Appointed on 27 January 2023; held administrative responsibilities in the state agriculture department and Mandi Parishad.
2023Served from 26 May 2020 to 26 January 2023 overseeing commercial tax administration for the state.
2020-2023Served from 4 February 2019 to 25 May 2020 as the district's administrative head.
2019-2020Career Highlights
- Selected to the Indian Administrative Service, 2010 batch, Chhattisgarh cadre with All-India Rank 88
- Previously served as Deputy Superintendent of Police after passing Chhattisgarh PCS in 2007
- Held district and departmental leadership posts including Collector of multiple districts and Commissioner of Commercial Taxes
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