In a significant move, the Bihar government has shifted senior IAS officer CK Anil (IAS:1991:BH) from the post of Principal Secretary of the Revenue and Land Reforms department. The General Administration Department (GAD) issued a notification regarding his transfer on Tuesday.
The move is believed to be a fallout of the ongoing strike by Circle Officers (COs) and revenue officials and the resulting deadlock in the department, leading to increased administrative pressure.
Jai Singh (IAS:2007:BH), a senior IAS officer posted as Secretary in the department, has been assigned the charge in place of Anil, who has now been posted as a consultant with the Bihar State Planning Board.
Anil is said to have ruled the roost in the department during the tenure of former Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha, who was also a revenue minister in the previous Nitish Kumar regime. It was during this period that more than 200 employees of the department, including 47 Circle Officers, were suspended.
It was only after the regime changed and CM Samrat Choudhary took over the Revenue and Land Reforms department portfolio that employees’ suspensions were revoked.
However, they refused to resume duty, leading to continued disruption in departmental functioning and continuing deadlock.
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