Ms. G. Latha Krishna Rao(IAS:1982:KAR) Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment has been given additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs from 16.12.2017to 07.01.2018 during the period of absence on leave of Ms. Leena Nair, lAS (TN:1982).
The Gujarat High Court ordered the state government to appoint a regular Director General of Police within eight weeks.The order came in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the appointment of in-charge DGP.
The PIL, filed by former IPS officer Rahul Sharma,said that not appointing a regular DGP is contrary to the provisions of the existing law.So it had sought the court’s direction for appointment of a full-time DGP in the state.
Agreeing with the petition’s arguments, a division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi ordered the state government to “initiate the process and make necessary selection by following the procedure and appoint a DGP on a regular basis, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of this order”.
The state had said that the appointment of a regular DGP was delayed due to the imposition of the Model Code of Conduct ahead of the state Assembly elections.
The Election Commission, which was made a respondent to the PIL, had told the court that the state submitted three names to it for the appointment of in-charge DGP after the then in-charge DGP, Geeta Johri, retired.
Gujrat doesn’t have a permanent DGP since April 15, 2016, when incumbent P C Thakur was suddenly transferred and replaced by in-charge DGP P P Pandey. The latter’s appointment was stayed by the SC, and so Geeta Johri was appointed in Pandey’s place.
The government has appointed six senior IPS officers to the post of Inspector General in four Central Paramilitary Forces.R Malar Vizhi, (IPS:1995:BH) has been appointed as IG, BSF. He is currently serving as Dy. Director, National Police Academy .Naveen Arora (IPS:1997:UP) is appointed (in-situ) as IG, ITBP. Currently, he serves as a DIG in ITBP.Saurabh Tripathi (IPS:1997:TR) and Sanjay Kumar (IPS:1997:OR), both serving in SSB as a DIG, were elevated to IG posts in SSB.Similarly, Vijay Kumar (IPS:1997) and Ms. Rekha Lohani (IPS:1997:OR) were (in-situ) elevated and posted as IG in CRPF. Currently, they serve in CRPF as the DIG.
The Delhi Police witnessed a top-level rejig with the appointment of three senior IPS officers as Special Police Commissioner. Virender Singh Chahal (IPS:1991: UT) appointed as Special CP (Security).He is,currently, serving as Special CP (Operations). Satish Golcha (IPS:1992: UT) has been promoted and appointed the Special Commissioner of Police (Vigilance).He was earlier serving as Joint Commissioner of Police (Western Range). M M Oberoi (IPS:1992: UT), also promoted and appointed the Special Police Commissioner (Special Cell & Technology Cell). Earlier he served as Joint CP (Special Cell).
Senior Advocate Vikas Singh has been elected as the President of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) by defeating his nearest contestant and former Bar President Dushyant Dave. Vikas Singh, the former Additional Solicitor General of India during UPA government,was declared elected with 639 votes in his favour against Dave who got 417 votes out of total number of 1546 votes.
Another Senior Advocate Sukumar Pattjoshi and Vikrant Yadav have been elected as Vice President and General Secretary of SCBA respectively. Advocate Rahul Kaushik has been re-elected as Joint Secretary of the bar.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the empanelment of 15 officers of Indian Administrative Service for appointment to the posts of Secretary/Secretary equivalent at the Centre.
Secretary or Secretary equivalent:
Binoy Kumar (Telangana:1983)
Raghvendra Singh (West Bengal:1983)
Nilam Sawhney (Andhra Pradesh:1984)
Sanjay Agarawal (UP:1984)
Sujit Gulati (Gujarat:1985)
Inder Jit Singh (Kerala:1985)
Surendra Nath Tripathi (Odisha:1985)
Secretary equivalent:
Braj Raj Sharma (J&K:1984)
Jaideep Govind (MP:1984)
Pritam Singh (Rajasthan:1984)
Ruolkhumlien Buhril (Tamil Nadu:1984)
Veena Ish (Andhra Pradesh:1985)
P K Mahapatra (Haryana:1985)
N Sivasailam (Karnataka:1985)
Shalini Prasad (UP:1985)
Venkata Sastry Yedla (ITS:1990) has prematurly repatriated to his service as Director in the Department of Higher Education to avail the benefits of promotion.
Tripuresh Dhar Dwivedi (IRAS:2001) has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Defence.
Kedar Prasad Burande (IDES:2004) has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Defence under the Central Staffing Scheme for a period of four years.
Sanjeev Jain,an IRAS officer,has been appointed ED,Finace,Railway Board.He is presently on deputation to CRIS.
Join Us on WhatsApp