Two Indian Adinistrative Service officers have been shifted in Karnataka. The officers are: Dr. K. G. Jagadeesha (IAS :2005:KARNATAKA) appointed as Commissioner for Labour and N. S. Prasanna Kumar (IAS :2006:KARNATAKA) appointed as Director, Mines & Geology with additional charge of Secretary, Karnataka Public Service Commission.
Mrs. Salina Singh (IAS:1986:MP) presently posted as Chief Electoral Officer, has been promoted to the grade of Chief Secretary in Government of Madhya Pradesh.
Bhubaneswar: On Monday Odisha government effected a major reshuffle in the bureaucracy involving as many as 17 IAS officers.
Shalini Pandit(IAS:2001:ODISHA)who is serving as the Mission Director, National Health Mission, has been appointed Special Project Director, OPEPA with additional charge of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan /Adarsh Vidyalaya.
Archana Patnaik (IAS:2002:TN) will serve as the new Mission Director, National Health Mission with additional charge as Managing Director of Odisha State Medical Corporation Ltd.
The present Managing Director of Odisha State Medical Corporation Ltd,Ravindra Pratap Singh has been posted as Director, Agriculture Marketing and Member Secretary, Odisha Agricultural Marketing Board.
Dr Mrinalini Darswal, a 2002-batch IAS officer has been transferred as Additional Resident Commissioner, Government of Odisha, New Delhi
Additional Secretary of Agriculture & FE department,Purusottam Sahoo, has been given charge as Additional Secretary of Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts department.
IAS officer Hari Ballav Mishra, presently serving as Director, Agriculture and Food Production has been posted as the Additional Secretary of Health & Family Welfare department with additional charge of Commissioner, Food Safety.
The present Additional Secretary of Health & Family Welfare department, Bijay Nayak, will be the new Director, Culture, Odisha.
Similarly,Dr M Muthukumar, Director, Horticulture has been given additional charge of Director, Agriculture and Food Production.
IAS officer Tribikram Pradhan, presently serving as the Additional Resident Commissioner to Government of Odisha, New Delhi will join duty as Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Odisha.
IAS officer,Premananda Khuntia, presently serving as Director, Agriculture Marketing & Member secretary, Odisha Agricultural Marketing Board will be the Additional Secretary of Commerce & Transport department.
IAS officer Md Rashid Khan, who is serving as Additional Secretary of Science & Tech department is given charge as Joint Secretary of Science and Technology department.
Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra has been appointed (on appointment to IAS) Joint Secretary to Chief Minister of Odisha.
IAS officer Sangramjit Nayak, Director, Municipal Administration, Housing & Urban Development department has been posted as Director, Municipal Administration with additional charge of Mission Director, Swachha Bharat Mission (Urban).
Besides, Additional Secretary of Steel and Mines department, Biswanath Acharya will assume charge as Joint Secretary of Steel and Mines department.
Additional Secretary of Finance department Prafulla Kumar Rout has been posted as Director, Small Savings, Finance department.
An IRS(IT) officer,Aditya Vikram has been accorded promotion to the grade of Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (PrCCIT).
B. B. Sharma,1997 batch IES officer,has been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade and posted as Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation.
As many as two IRS(IT) officers, Samar Bhadra and Sanjay Gupta have been appointed as CIT in Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT).
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).
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