In a major development for the Rajasthan bureaucracy, 16 officers belonging to the 1998 and 1999 batches of the Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) have been promoted to the IAS cadre. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has issued the orders of their induction into the IAS.
While 13 officers are from the 1998 batch, three are from the 1999 batch.
RAS Association president Mahaveer Kharadi and Chief Minister’s Joint Secretary Anju Rajpal are among those promoted to the IAS, apart from three women officers.
For the first time, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) had held a meeting in Jaipur last month to consider promotions in which names of 18 officers were proposed, of whom 16 were selected against vacancies for 2025.
The newly-inducted IAS officers will, however, have to wait for new postings, as the Model Code of Conduct is in force in the state owing to the Panchayati Raj elections. The promoted officers are expected to be posted after the elections.
Among those belonging to the 1998 RAS batch are:
1. Ummed Singh, currently posted as Special Assistant to Cabinet Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.
2. Anju Rajpal, currently serving as Joint Secretary to the Chief Minister.
3. Vivek Kumar, currently posted as Additional Inspector General (Administration) in the Registration and Stamps Department in Jaipur.
He earlier served as Joint Secretary to the CM.
4. Mukesh Kumar Sharma, currently serving as Secretary of the Rajasthan State Information Commission in Jaipur.
5. Mahendra Kumar Sharma, currently working as Joint Secretary in the Technical Education Department.
6. Mahaveer Kharadi, the president of the RAS Association, currently serving as Additional Commissioner-II in the Tribal Area Development Department in Udaipur.
7. Meghna Chaudhary, currently serving as Additional Inspector General (Administration) in the Registration and Stamps Department in Ajmer.
8. Om Prakash Jain, currently serving as Director of the Tribal Research and Training Institute, Udaipur.
9. Rajesh Singh, currently posted as a member of the Revenue Board in Ajmer.
10. Madan Lal Nehra, serving as a member of the Board of Revenue in Ajmer.
11. Dinesh Kumar Jangid, currently posted serving as Joint Secretary in the Animal Husbandry Department in Jaipur.
12. Poonam Prasad Sagar is currently serving as Additional Commissioner in the Food and Civil Supplies Department in Jaipur.
13. Gopal Ram Birda, currently serving as Additional DG, Jawahar Kala Kendra.
Officers belonging to the 1999 batch include:
1. Dr Bhag Chand Badhal, currently serving as Additional Commissioner of the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA).
2. Aslam Sher Khan is Joint Secretary in the Minority Affairs and Waqf Department in Jaipur.
3. Narendra Kumar Bansal, currently serving as Additional Commissioner in Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC).
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