The Gujarat government on Tuesday (13.08.2024) relieved IAS officer Varunkumar Jagdish Baranwal (IAS:2014:GJ) from his charge as Collector of Banaskantha-Palanpur and placed his services at the disposal of Government of India for his appointment as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Minister of Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal, for four years.
In his place, Mihir Pravinkumar Patel (IAS:2015:GJ) has been appointed as new Collector of Banaskantha-Palanpur. Prior to this, Baranwal was serving as Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Ahmedabad.
The Union government on Monday (12.08.2024) notified the appointment of two Advocates as Additional Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court. They have been appointed for a period of two years with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.
They are ;
Bibhu Datta Guru
Amitendra Kishore Prasad
The Supreme Court collegium on July 30 approved the proposal to elevate these names as Additional Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court and sent the recommendations to the President.
The Andhra Pradesh government on August 9 issued transfer and posting orders for 11 IAS officers.
The names of the officers and their postings are as follows;
Girisha PS (IAS:2012:AP) has been transferred and his services are placed at the disposal of Youth Advancement, Tourism & Culture Department for his appointment as VC & MD, Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh.
B Navya (IAS:2016:AP),Director, Tribal Welfare, has been transferred and posted as Joint Collector & Additional District Magistrate, Kurnool.
S Bhargavi’s (IAS:2015:AP) appointment as Secretary, AP Tribal Welfare Residential Education Institute Society (Gurukulam), has been withdrawn from Tribal Welfare Department and posted as Director, Tribal Welfare with full additional charge of Secretary, AP Tribal Welfare Residential Education Institute Society (Gurukulam).
Kothamasu Dinesh Kumar’s (IAS:2017:AP) services are placed at the disposal of Infrastructure & Investment Department for posting him as Managing Director, AP State Fibernet Ltd with full additional charge of MD, AP Gas Infrastructure Corporation (APGIC) and AP Drone Corporation.
Praveen Adhithya CV (IAS:2017:AP), CEO, AP Marie Time Bond has been placed in full additional charge of the post of MD, AP Airport Development Corporation Limited (APADCL).
D Haritha (IAS:2018:AP), awaiting posting orders, has been posted as Joint Collector & Additional District Magistrate, Ananthapuramu.
S Chinna Ramudu’s (IAS:2018:AP) appointment as Vice Chairman & Managing Director, AP Scheduled Castes Cooperative Finance Corporation has been withdrawn from Social Welfare Department and posted as Joint Secretary & Additional District Magistrate, East Godavari.
P Sreenivasulu (IAS:2017:AP), Joint Collector & Additional District Magistrate, Chittoor District, has been transferred and his services are placed at disposal of Municipal Administration & Urban Development for posting him as Commissioner, Guntur Municipal Corporation.
Tatimakula Rahul Kumar Reddy (IAS:2020:AP), Project Officer, ITDA, Seethampeta, has been transferred and posted as Joint Collector & Additional District Magistrate, West Godavari.
Sedhu Madhavan S (IAS:2020:AP), Project Officer, Parvathipuram, has been transferred and posted as Joint Collector & Additional District Magistrate, Vizianagaram.
Kollabathula Karthik (IAS:2020:AP), Joint Collector & Additional District Magistrate, Vizianagaram, has been transferred and posted as Joint Collector & Additional District Magistrate, SPS Nellore.
Sipan Kumar Garg, Additional General Manager, NTPC Ltd., has been appointed as Director (Finance), THDC India Limited, for five years. According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Monday (12.08.2024), the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet as approved the appointment of Mr. Garg to the post for five years with effect from the date of his assumption of charge of the post, or until further orders.
On March 19, the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) recommended Garg’s name to the ACC for the position of Director (Finance) at THDC India Limited after interviewing 9 candidates.
The Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Veera Rana (IAS:1988:MP), who is on six months extension, is set to retire on September 30. Consequently, the new Chief Secretary will assume the role before the end of the month.
There are six senior IAS officer are in the race for the top post. They are;
Anurag Jain (IAS:1989:MP)
Mohammed Suleman (IPS:1989:MP)
Ashish Upadhyaya (IAS:1989:MP)
Vinod Kumar (IAS:1989:MP)
Jai Narayan Kansotiya (IAS:1989:MP)
Rajesh Kumar Rajora (IAS:1990:MP)
Among these candidates, Anurag Jain and Rajesh Kumar Rajora are considered the top contenders. Anurag Jain is currently on central deputation, serving as Secretary in the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways while Rajesh Kumar Rajora is Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister.
Mohammed Suleman is the Agriculture Production Commissioner, while Ashish Upadhyaya has been on central deputation since 2018 and currently serves as Secretary of the National Commission for Backward Classes. Vinod Kumar is the Director of the Tribal Research and Development Institute (TRI) in Bhopal, and Jai Narayan Kansotiya is the Director General of the RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration and Management in Bhopal.
If the Union government repatriates Anurag Jain to parent cadre and endorses him for the top bureaucratic post, the state government may have little choice but to appoint him. However, if the Chief Secretary is picked among the officers serving in MP, Rajesh Kumar Rajora is seen as the frontrunner. His recent appointment as Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister, coupled with the fact that he has three years until retirement in 2027, makes him a strong candidate for ensuring stability in the administration.
The Punjab government on Monday appointed three new State Information Commissioners.
They are;
Dr. Bhupinder Singh Batth
Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal
Virinderjit Singh Biling
On July 18, the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the Punjab government to file a status report over the non-appointment of state information commissioners.
The order was issued in response to a plea that claimed the Punjab State Information Commission had not appointed commissioners for the last three years. As per plea the last information commissioner was appointed in July 2021.
The commission worked in its full strength till September 2021 and subsequently all the 10 seats got vacant as all of them retired. But fresh appointments were not made, the plea states that the last working information commissioner, Asit Jolly retired on July 9, 2024, leaving behind only the chief information commissioner Inderpal Singh for adjudication of pending appeals and complaints.
Mayank Joshi (IFS:2003), presently High Commissioner of India to Jamaica, has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Cayman Islands, with residence in Kingston. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday (12.08.2024) relieved senior IAS officers Devesh Chaturvedi (IAS:1989:UP) for central deputation and placed his services at the disposal of Government of India to enable him to take up his new assignment as Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
He was serving as Agriculture Production Commissioner; Additional Chief Secretary, Appointment & Personnel; Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture, Agriculture Education & Research Deptt. & Agriculture Marketing Agriculture Foreign Business & Export Promotion Deptt and DG Training, Lucknow.
Notably, he was recently appointed as Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare on August 6.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday (12.08.2024) effected significant changes in state’s bureaucracy by issuing transfer and posting orders for 7 senior IAS officers. Among them, 4 officers have been assigned new roles, while 3 have been given additional responsibilities.
The names of the officers and their postings are as follows;
Monika Garg (IAS:1989:UP), Additional Chief Secretary, Minority Development & Muslim Waqf Department, has been given additional charge of Agriculture Production Commissioner.
Alok Kumar-II (IAS:1993:UP), Principal Secretary, Sports and Youth Welfare, MSME & Export Promotion, Handloom & Textile & Khadi & Gramodyog Deptt, has been given additional charge of Principal Secretary, Technical Education, Vocational Education and Skill Development.
Beena Kumari Meena (IAS:1993:UP), Principal Secretary, ICDS, has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary, Aayush Department. She will continue to hold the additional charge of Principal Secretary, Cane and Excise Departments.
Leena Johri (IAS:1994:UP), Principal Secretary, Ayush & Stamp and registration Deptt. has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary, Women Welfare and ICDS Departments.
Ravindra Naik (IAS:1995:UP), Principal Secretary, Administration Reforms & Public Service Deptt., & Director, Administration Reforms Directorate, Secretariat Administration, has been given additional charge of Principal Secretary, Animal Husbandry.
M Devraj (IAS:1996:UP), Principal Secretary, Technical Education, Vocational Education & Skill Development, has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary, Appointment & Personnel Department with additional charge of GST Department.
Ravinder (IAS:1999:UP), Principal Secretary, Fisheries Deptt and Animal Husbandry has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary, Agriculture.
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