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Countdown to Change: UP in-charge DGP Vijay Kumar’s retirement triggers speculation for next Top Cop

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LO Bureau
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The incumbent Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh Vijay Kumar (IPS:1988:UP) is poised to retire on January 31, sparking anticipation and speculation about his successor. The likelihood of appointing an acting DGP for the fourth consecutive time looms large, given that the state government has not submitted a proposal for the selection of a full-time DGP to the Union Public Service Commission, heightening the possibility of an acting appointment.

Insider information suggests that four senior IPS officers are vying for the coveted position. The primary contenders include DG CB-CID Anand Kumar (IPS:1988:UP), DG Prisons SN Sabat (IPS:1990:UP), DG Recruitment Board Renuka Mishra (IPS:1990:UP), and DG Law and Order Prashant Kumar (IPS:1990:UP). Notably, DS Chauhan (IPS:1988:UP), RK Vishwakarma (IPS:1988:UP), and Vijay Kumar (IPS:1988:UP) have previously held the role of acting DGP consecutively, leaving the state police under acting leadership for the past 21 months.

The absence of a panel of names sent by the state government for the selection of a regular DGP opens the possibility for the appointment of a favored officer as acting DGP, particularly to oversee the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. DG CB-CID Anand Kumar and DG Law and Order Prashant Kumar emerge as key figures in this scenario. Despite Prashant Kumar’s prevalent discussions, historical precedence suggests that Anand Kumar, who holds seniority, may have brighter prospects, given the state government’s previous emphasis on seniority in appointing acting DGPs.

The seniority hierarchy indicates that Mukul Goyal (IPS:1987:UP) is the most senior IPS officer in the cadre, though he is not in contention due to his removal from the DGP post in July 2022. Following Goyal, Shafi Ahsan Rizvi (IPS:1989:UP), Aditya Mishra (IPS:1989:UP), PV Ramashastri (IPS:1989:UP), and Daljit Singh Choudhary (IPS:1990:UP) are on central deputation, ruling out their return. Meanwhile, DG Ashish Gupta (IPS:1989:UP) is posted in Rules and Manuals, Sandeep Salunke (IPS:1990:UP) in Human Rights, and Bijay Kumar Maurya (IPS:1990:UP) in Home Guard.

Renuka Mishra and SN Sabat bolster their cases for consideration, having been entrusted with significant responsibilities by the state government. Mishra oversees the Recruitment Board as DG, while Sabat manages the Jail department as DG. Given their substantial roles, the appointment of either Mishra or Sabat to the top post would not be surprising.

Rajasthan: 9 IPS officers shifted, three IGP get posting as ADGP

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LO Bureau
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Rajasthan Police

The Rajasthan government on Friday (26.01.2024) issued transfer and posting orders for 9 IPS officers, marking a significant development as three officers with the rank of Inspector General of Police (IGP) were, for the first time after promotion, appointed as Additional Director General of Police (ADGP).

The names of the officers and their postings are as follows:

  1. Sanjay Agrawal (IPS:1992:RJ) , ADGP, PHQ, Jaipur, has been transferred and posted as ADGP, Intelligence, Jaipur.
  2. Anand Kumar Shrivastava (IPS:1994:RJ), ADGP, Law & Order, Jaipur, has been transferred and posted as ADGP, Armed Battalion, Jaipur.
  3. Sanjeeb Kumar Narzary (IPS:1996:RJ), ADGP, Community Policing, has been transferred and posted as ADGP, Personnel, Jaipur.
  4. Vishal Bansal (IPS:1998:RJ), ADGP, Armed Battalion, Jaipur, has been transferred and posted as ADGP, Law & Order, Jaipur.
  5. Vijay Kumar Singh (IPS:1997:RJ), ADGP, Technical Services (Telecommunication & Technical), Jaipur, has been transferred and posted as ADGP, ATS & SOG, Jaipur.
  6. S Sengathir (IPS:1997:RJ), ADGP, Intelligence, Jaipur, has been transferred and posted as ADGP, PHQ, Jaipur.
  7. Rupinder Singh (IPS:1999:RJ), IGP, Bharatpur Range, Bharatpur, has been transferred and posted as ADGP, Jail, Jaipur.
  8. Bhupendra Sahu (IPS:1999:RJ), IGP, Jail, has been transferred and posted as ADGP, Technical Services (Telecommunication & Technical), Jaipur.
  9. Dr. BL Meena (IPS:1999:RJ), IGP, has been transferred and posted as ADGP, Community Policing.

Rajasthan: Two IAS officers shifted, 11 assigned additional responsibilities

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LO Bureau
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Rajasthan's employees' welfare

The Rajasthan government on Thursday (25.01.2024) issued transfer orders for two IAS officers. Concurrently, the same directive designated additional responsibilities to 11 IAS officers across various departments.

The names of the officers and their postings are as follows:

  1. Alok (IAS: 1993: RJ), awaiting posting orders, has been posted as Chief Resident Commissioner of Rajasthan, New Delhi.
  2. Jasmeet Singh Sindhu (IAS: 2016: RJ), Joint CEO, State Health Insurance Agency, Jaipur, has been transferred and posted as District Collector and District Magistrate, Salumbar.
  3. Shreya Guha (IAS: 1994: RJ), Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Transport Deptt., Jaipur, has been given additional charge of Chairperson Rajasthan State Bus Terminal Development Authority.
  4. Anand Kumar (IAS: 1994: RJ), ACS, Home, Jail & Rajasthan State Investigation Bureau and Ex-officio Chief Vigilance Commissioner and ACS, Disaster Management, Relief, and Citizen Security, has been given additional charge of Commissioner Citizen Security Department.
  5. Ajitabh Sharma (IAS: 1996: RJ), Principal Secretary, Industries, MSME and Public Enterprises and Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor and OSD, Bhiwani Integrated Development Authority and Principal Secretary, Planning & NRI and Investment Promotion Bureau, has been given additional charge of Chairman, RAJSICO and Commissioner Rajasthan Foundation.
  6. Vaibhav Galriya (IAS: 1998: RJ), Principal Secretary, Agriculture & Horticulture, has been given additional charge of Chairman Rajasthan State Seed Corporation Limited.
  7. T Ravikanth (IAS:1998:RJ), Principal Secretary, Urban Development and Housing Department, has been given additional charge of Chairman, Jaipur City Transport Services Limited.
  8. Aarti Dogra (IAS: 2006: RJ), Secretary, Information Technology and Communication Department, has been given additional charge of Chairperson RAJCOMP Info Services Limited.
  9. Lakshman Singh Kuri (IAS: 2006: RJ), Commissioner, Horticulture, has been given additional charges of Director, Rajasthan State Agriculture Marketing and Ex-officio Joint Secretary and Administrator of Agriculture Marketing Board.
  10. Pragya Kewalramani (IAS: 2010: RJ), Commissioner, Devsthan Department, has been given additional charge of Director, Mining and Geology Department.
  11. Dr Rashmi Sharma (IAS: 2010: RJ), Director, Tourism Department, has been given additional charge of CEO, Mela Vikas Pradhikaran, Tourism Department.
  12. Gaurav Agrawal (IAS: 2013: RJ), District Collector & District Magistrate, Jodhpur, has been given additional charge of District Collector and District Magistrate, Jodhpur Rural.
  13. Saloni Khemka (IAS: 2019: RJ) has been given additional charge of Dy CEO Khushkhera-Bhiwadi-Neemrana Regional Development Cooperation.

Bihar: 79 IPS officers shifted

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LO Bureau
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The Bihar government on Friday (26.01.2024) issued transfer and posting orders for 79 IPS officers, encompassing the reassignment of over a dozen District Superintendents of Police.

Bihar: 22 IAS officers transferred, Patna DM Chandrashekhar Singh shifted to CM Secretariat

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LO Bureau
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25 new IAS to join Bihar

The Bihar government has implemented significant changes by issuing two distinct transfer orders for IAS officers. The first order encompasses 17 IAS officers who have either been transferred to new departments, assigned additional responsibilities, or relieved of some of their current duties. In the second order, four districts will witness new appointments for Collectors & District Magistrates, a notable change being the transfer of the Patna District Magistrate Chandrashekhar Singh, who had been in disagreement with Senior IAS officer KK Pathak over closure of schools in Patna in view of cold wave conditions.

First List of 17 IAS officers;

  1. Arvind Kumar Chaudhary (IAS:1995:BH), Principal Secretary, Finance with additional charges of Principal Secretary, Vigilance, Examination Controller, Bihar State Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board, Patna, Enquiry Commissioner, GAD, Principal Secretary, Planning & Development, Bihar State Planning Board, Patna, Project Director, Bihar Aapda Punarwas Evam Punarnirman Society (BAPEPS), has been given additional charge of Principal Secretary, Rural Development Department. He has been relieved of the charge of Principal Secretary, Planning & Development, Bihar State Planning Board, Patna, Project Director, Bihar Aapda Punarwas Evam Punarnirman Society (BAPEPS).
  2. K Senthil Kumar (IAS:1996:BH), Principal Secretary, Home Department, has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary, Planning & Development Department with additional charge of Secretary, Bihar State Planning Board and Project Director, Bihar Aapda Punarwas Evam Punarnirman Society (BAPEPS).
  3. Pankaj Kumar (IAS:1997:BH), Principal Secretary, Backward Class & Most Backward Class Welfare Deptt. with additional charge of Enquiry Commissioner, GAD, has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary, PHED. He will continue to hold additional charge of Enquiry Commissioner, GAD.
  4. Safeena A N (IAS:1997:BH), Principal Secretary, Minorities Welfare Department with additional charge of Enquiry Commissioner, GAD, has been transferred and posted as Additional Secretary, Revenue Board. She will continue to hold the additional charge of Enquiry Commissioner, GAD.
  5. N Sarwan Kumar (IAS:2000:BH), Secretary, Rural Development with additional charge of Chairman, Bihar Technical Service Commission, Enquiry Commissioner, GAD, Secretary, Food and Consumer Protection, MD, Bihar State Food & Civil Supplies Corporation, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Food & Consumer Protection. He will continue to hold the additional charges of Chairman, Bihar Technical Service Commission, Enquiry Commissioner, GAD and MD, Bihar State Food & Civil Supplies Corporation.
  6. Dayanidhan Pandey (IAS:2006:BH), Director, Consolidation, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Revenue & Land Reform Deptt. with additional charge of Director, Consolidation.
  7. Deepak Anand (IAS:2007:BH), Director, Food & Consumer Protection, has been transferred and posted as Secretary (Expenditure), Finance Department.
  8. Manoj Kumar (IAS:2007:BH), Commissioner, Purnia Division, Purnia with additional charge of Commissioner, Kosi Division, Saharsa, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Backward Classes & Most Backward Classes Welfare Department.
  9. Mohammad Sohail (IAS:2007:BH), Secretary, GAD with additional charge Enquiry Commissioner, GAD and Chairman, Bihar Staff Selection Commission, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Minorities Welfare Department. He will continue to hold the additional charge of Enquiry Commissioner, GAD, and Chairman, Bihar Staff Selection Commission.
  10. Pranav Kumar (IAS:2008:BH), Collector & District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Home Department with additional charge of IG, Prisons and Correctional Services.
  11. Neelam Chaudhary (IAS:2008:BH), Director, Directorate of Provident Fund, Finance Department, has been transferred and posted as Divisional Commissioner, Kosi Division, Saharsa.
  12. Sanjay Dubey (IAS:2008:BH), Secretary, Rural Development Department with additional charge of Additional CEO, Bihar Road Development Authority, has been transferred and posted as Divisional Commissioner, Purnia Division, Purnia.
  13. Himanshu Kumar Rai (IAS:2010:BH), Special Secretary, Animal & Fisheries Resources, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary, Planning and Development Departmemt.
  14. Rahul Kumar (IAS:2011:BH), CEO, Bihar Rural Livelihood Promotion Society-cum-State Mission Director, State Rural Livelihood-cum-Commissioner- Self-Employment, Rural Development Department, with additional charge of Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Hariyali Abhiyaan (Rural Development Department), has been transferred and posted as Director, Museum, Art, Culture and Youth Department.
  15. Jay Prakash Singh (IAS:2013:BH), Deputy Director, Cabinet Secretariat, has been transferred and posted as Director, Directorate of
    Provident Fund, Finance Department.
  16. Vishal Raj (IAS:2017:BH), Director, Technical Development, Industries, has been given additional charge of State Transport Commissioner.
  17. Anil Kumar (IAS:2017:BH), Project Director, Bihar AIDS Control Society, has been given additional charge of Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Hariyali Abhiyaan (Rural Development Department).

Second List of Five IAS officers;

  1. Chandrashekhar Singh (IAS:2010:BH), District Magistrate, Patna, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary, CM Secretariat. He has been given additional charges of CEO, Bihar Rural Livelihood Promotion Society-cum-State Mission Director, State Rural Livelihood-cum-Commissioner- Self-Employment, Rural Development Department and MD, Bihar State Road Development Corporation.
  2. Shirsat Kapil Ashok (IAS:2011:BH), IG, Prisons and Correctional Services with additional charge of Additional Secretary, Home, MD, Bihar State Road Development Corporation, has been transferred and posted as Collector and District Magistrate, Patna.
  3. Ranikant (IAS:2011:BH), CMD, Bihar State Food & Civil Supplies Corporation, has been transferred and posted as Collector and District Magistrate of Lakhisarai.
  4. Naval Kishor Chaudhary (IAS:2013:BH), Collector and District Magistrate, Gopalganj, has been transferred and posted as Collector and District Magistrate, Bhagalpur.
  5. Subrat Kumar Sen (IAS:2013:BH), Collector and District Magistrate, Bhagalpur, has been transferred and posted as Collector and District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur.

Punjab: 91 IPS/PPS officers shifted

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LO Bureau
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Punjab Police

In a significant administrative overhaul, the Punjab government issued transfer and posting orders on Thursday for a total of 91 police officers. This includes 15 IPS officers and 76 PPS officers.

The names of IPS officers and their posting are as follows:

  1. RN Dhoke (IPS:1993:PB), Special DGP, Internal Security with additional charge of Enforcement Director, Mining, SAS Nagar, has been relieved of the charge of Enforcement Director, Mining, SAS Nagar.
  2. Mandeep Singh Sidhu (IPS:2008:PB), DIG Administration, Chandigarh, has been transferred and posted as DIG, IRB, Patiala.
  3. J Elanchezhian (IPS:2010:PB), AIG Counter Intelligence, SAS Nagar, will look after the work of DIG Counter Intelligence, SAS Nagar.
  4. Alka Meena (IPS:2010:PB), AIG Hqrs. Intelligence, SAS Nagar, will lokk after the work of DIG Personnel, Chandigarh.
  5. Saumya Mishra (IPS:2014:PB), Joint CP City, Ludhiana, has been transferred and posted as SSP Ferozepur.
  6. Harmandeep Singh Hans (IPS:2015:PB), AIG Counter Intelligence, SAS Nagar, has been transferred and posted as Joint Director Crime, Vigilance Bureau.
  7. Pragya Jain (IPS:2017:PB), SP, Investigation, Khanna, has been transferred and posted as ADCP-III, Amritsar.
  8. Tushar Gupta (IPS:2018:PB), ADCP-IV, Ludhiana, has been transferred and posted as SP Hqrs, SAS Nagar.
  9. Abhimanyu (IPS:2018:PB), ADCP-III, Amritsar, has been transferred and posted as ADCP-IV, Ludhiana.
  10. Maninder Singh (IPS:2019:PB), SP Hqrs, SAS Nagar, has been transferred and posted as ADC to Governor.
  11. Jyoti Yadav (IPS:2019:PB), SP Hqrs., Tarn Taran, has been transferred and posted as SP, Investigation, SAS Nagar with additional charge of SP Counter Intelligence-2, SAS Nagar.
  12. Mehtab Singh (IPS:2017:PB), ADCP-I, Amritsar, has been transferred and posted as ADCP-I, Ludhiana.
  13. Darpan Ahluwalia (IPS:2020:PB), ASP SD Dera Bassi, SAS Nagar, has been transferred and posted as ADCP-I, Amritsar.
  14. Jasroop Kaur Batth (IPS:2020:PB), ASP SD, South (Civil Lines), Ludhiana, has been transferred and posted as SP, Investigation, Jalandhar Rural.
  15. Aditya S Warrier (IPS:2020:PB), ASP SD Dinanagar, Gurdaspur, will look after the work of ADCP Investigation, Jalandhar.

Additional Secretary Vivek Aggarwal will continue as Director of FIU-India

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LO Bureau
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Vivek Aggarwal IAS

Vivek Aggarwal (IAS:1994:MP), currently serving as Additional Secretary in the Department of Revenue, will continue to shoulder the additional responsibilities as the Director of Finance Intelligence Unit-India. As per an order released by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Wednesday (24.01.2024), the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has given its approval to the Department of Revenue’s proposal for an extension of the entrustment of the additional charge to Aggarwal. This extension spans from December 27, 2023, to March 29, 2024, or until further orders, whichever comes earlier.

Vikas Narwal granted ex-post facto approval for additional charge as Chairperson of Cochin Port Authority

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LO Bureau
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Vikas Narwal's tenure as Deputy Chairperson of Cochin Port Authority cut short
Vikas Narwal's tenure as Deputy Chairperson of Cochin Port Authority cut short

Vikas Narwal (IAS:2008:MP), currently serving as the Deputy Chairperson of the Cochin Port Authority, has received retrospective approval for the additional responsibility of Chairperson at the Joint Secretary level within the same authority. As per an order released by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Wednesday (24.01.2024), the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has endorsed the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways’ proposal to entrust Vikas Narwal with the suppl

Vineet Mathur granted ex-post facto approval for additional charge as MD of NCCF

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LO Bureau
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Vineet Mathur (IPoS:1994), serving as Joint Secretary in the Department of Consumer Affairs, has received ex-post facto approval for the entrustment of an additional charge as Managing Director (JS level) at the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India (NCCF). As per an order released by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Wednesday (24.01.2024), the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has sanctioned the Department of Consumer Affairs’ proposal for assigning the additional charge to Mr. Mathur. This responsibility was approved for the period from 14.01.2023 to 19.04.2023.

Rajeev Saxena gets extension as JS in Ministry of Textiles

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LO Bureau
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The central deputation tenure of Rajeev Saxena (IRSS:1995) as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Textiles has been extended, as per an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Wednesday (24.01.2024). The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Textiles to extend Mr. Saxena’s deputation tenure for a period up to 27.09.2025 or until further orders, whichever occurs earlier.

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