The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday appointed Sanjeev Khirwar as the Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Delhi. In a letter to the Secretary to Delhi L-G on Wednesday, Director, Home Ministry, Anish Muraleedharanm, said: “I am directed to convey the approval of the competent authority for appointment of Sanjeev Khirwar, as the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, with immediate effect and until further orders.”
Khirwar is a 1994-batch IAS officer of the AGMUT cadre.
He had stirred up a controversy in 2022 after The Indian Express reported he would walk his dog at Delhi government-run Thyagraj Stadium after athletes were forced to finish practice earlier than usual. Following the row, Khirwar — who was then posted in Delhi as the Principal Secretary (Revenue) and the Divisional Commissioner — was transferred to Ladakh.
Khirwar served as the Private Secretary to then Women and Child Development minister Krishna Tirath between 2009 and 2014. He was then posted in the Commerce ministry and was transferred to Delhi in 2018 as the Secretary, Health and Family Welfare. He has also been posted in the environment, general administration and revenue departments.
