Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice Gita Mittal has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court. She is set to become the first woman Chief Justice of the High Court.
Justice Mittal is an alumna of Campus Law Centre, Delhi University, and began practicing in 1981. She was appointed as an Additional Judge of Delhi High Court in July, 2004, and was confirmed in February, 2006. She has been serving as the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court since April 2017.
Justice Hrishikesh Roy, Judge of Kerala the High Court, has been appointed as Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.
Justice Roy graduated in law from the Campus Law Centre, the University of Delhi in 1982, and was designated as a Senior Advocate by the Gauhati High Court in December 2004.
For several years, he served as the Senior Government Advocate for the State of Arunachal Pradesh and was the Standing Counsel for the Assam State Electricity Board, and the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council. He was then sworn in as an Additional Judge in October, 2006, and was made permanent in July, 2008.
He was transferred from the Gauhati High Court to Kerala High Court on May 28 this year. Thereafter, on May 30, he was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court, with Justice Antony Dominic’s retirement. He is now set to take charge as Acting Chief Justice.
The Goverment of Rajathan has relieved Mrs Namita J Priyadarshee (IFS:1989:RJ) of cadre reposibility paving the way for joining central deputation as Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare for a tenure upto 31 July 2022. She was currently posted as Chief Conservator of Forests, Bharatpur.
The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Anurag Sachan (IRSE:1981), Chief Adminitrative officer, Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project, to the post of Managing Director, Dedicated Frieght Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), for a period upto 31 July 2020.
The upper age limit for Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2018 aspirants has been decided by the Centre and fixed at 32 while for those of the reserved category candidates it is relaxable. Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh in Rajya Sabha said, “The upper age limit as on 01.08.2018 for Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2018 is 32 years. This upper-age limit is relaxable for reserved category candidates.”
The Department of Personnel & Training (DoP&T) has issued guidelines on the same on crucial date for determining age limits for competitive examination conducted in parts by the UPSC/SSC vide OM No. AB.14017/70/87-Estt.(RR) dated July 14, 1988, the cutoff date for Civil Services Examination is decided.
Singh refuted the theories which were revolving around the examination and rejected reports of unfair treatment being meted out to some candidates. Singh said, “The rule is equally applicable to all the candidates. Therefore the question of being unfair to some does not arise.”
Dr Jitendra Singh, who is the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, said this in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.
The Raghubar Das goverment of Jharkhand shuffled 8 IAS officers and assigned them new responsibilities.
The names of the officers and their postings are as follows :
1. Sravan Sai : Divisional Commissionor, South Chhotanagpur with additional charge of Manager, Coorperative Societies of Jharkhand.
2. Bhagwan Das : Divisional Commissioner, Santhal Pargana.
3. Arvind Kumar : Special Secretary, Urban Development and housing.
4. Raj Kumar : Vice Chairman, Ranchi Regional Development Authority.
5. Badrinath Chaubey : Secretary, Forest Environment and Climate change department.
6. Dinesh Prasad : Director, Higher Education.
7. Abu Imran : Secretary, Revenue Board.
8. Faiz K Ahmed : Director, State Urban Development Agency.
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