Retired Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF) Pankaj Kumar Singh (Retd IPS:1988:RJ) has been appointed as Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA) for a period of two years.
Pankaj Singh retired as chief of BSF on December 31, 2022. He created the history of the short on August 31, 2021, after taking the charge of BSF as his father Prakash Singh (Retd IPS:1959:UP) had also headed the BSF June 1993 to January 1994.
Prakash Singh is considered an architect of police reforms in the country. He had petitioned the Supreme Court in 1996 for carrying out reforms in the police establishment following which the government started giving a fixed tenure of two years at least to the chief of the Intelligence Bureau, the CBI, foreign secretary, the RAW chief, and the Union home secretary.
Sibi George (IFS:1993), presently Ambassador of India to Japan, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Marshall Islands with residence in Tokyo. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
The Jharkhand government on Monday told the Supreme Court it has received the names of three senior IPS officers from the UPSC and would appoint one of them as the new director general of police on February 12 after the current police chief demits office.
The incumbent Jharkhand DGP Neeraj Sinha, a 1987 batch IPS officer, is scheduled to retire on February 11, 2023.
A bench, led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, took note of the statement and disposed of a contempt petition against the Jharkhand government and its present DGP. The petition alleged that Sinha had been occupying the post even after his superannuation on January 31, 2022.
The bench, also including Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala, was told by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Jharkhand government, that the Union Public Service Commission had shortlisted three names on January 5.
“We have received names from the UPSC, We will appoint one of them on February 12. The incumbent DGP is retiring on February 11,” the senior lawyer said.
On December 19, the top court had taken note of the delay in the appointment of the new police chief in Jharkhand and directed the state government to respond to the UPSC.
“Naresh Kaushik, counsel appearing on behalf of the UPSC, states that on November 30, 2022, UPSC has issued a communication to the State of Jharkhand adverting to certain defects which were found in the proposal for recommending officers for the post of DGP,” the bench said.
“We direct the State of Jharkhand to attend to the requisitions which have been furnished by UPSC and to positively submit its reply on or before December 23. UPSC shall thereafter take consequential action no later than January 9, 2023,” it had directed while listing the contempt plea against the state government and others for January 16.
On July 14, 2021, the court issued notices on the contempt plea against the state government, its top officials, and the UPSC for alleged violation of its verdict. Sinha was later made a party to the contempt plea.
On September 3, 2021, the apex court pulled up the state government and the UPSC for their role in the appointment of an interim DGP in alleged violation of its judgement fixing a two-year tenure for a state police chief who has to be selected from a list to be prepared by the UPSC.
It was irked that the state government had Sinha as an ad-hoc DGP following which the UPSC was refusing to prepare a list of senior police officers for the selection of the DGP. (PTI)
M. Sridharan (IFS:1996) has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Azerbaijan. Presently, he is serving as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs and is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
Nilakshi Sinha has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Armenia. Presently, she is serving as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs and is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
The Himachal Pradesh government on Sunday (15.01.2023) issued transfer and posting orders for thirteen IAS officers.
The names of the officers and their postings are as follows :
Priyatu Mandal (IAS:2006:HP): Secretary, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj with additional charges of Divisional Commissioner, Shimla Division and MD, HP Finance Corporation.
Pradeep Kumar Thakur (IAS:2014:HP): Director, Department of Empowerment of SCs, OBCs, Minorities and Specially Abled with additional charge of MD, HP Minorities Finance and Development Corporation, Shimla.
Anurag Chander (IAS:2016:HP): Commissioner, Dharamshala Municipal Corporation, Dharamshala, Kangra District with additional charge of CEO-cum-MD, Dharamshala Smart City Ltd., Dharamshala, Kangra District.
Dr. Amit Kumar (IAS:2016:HP): Director, Personnel & Finance, HP Power Corporation Ltd., Shimla.
Jatin Lal (IAS:2016:HP): MD, Kaushal Vikas Nigam, Shimla with additional charge of MD, HP Handicrafts & Handloom Corporation, Shimla.
Amarpal Singh (IAS:2008:PB): Special Secretary, Revenue & Rehabilitation with additional charge of DPI, Colleges.
Babita (IAS:2009:PB): Director, Social Justice, Empowerment & Minorities.
Keshav Hingonia (IAS:2012:PB): Special Secretary, Revenue & Rehabilitation.
Amit Talwar (IAS:2013:PB): Director, Sports & Youth Services with additional charge of Special Secretary, Planning.
Amrit Singh (IAS:2014:PB): Director, Tourism and Cultural Affairs with additional charges of CEO, Punjab Heritage Tourism Board, CEO and GM, Virasat-E-Khalsa, Anandpur Sahib Foundation, MD, Punjab Tourism Development Corporation Limited and Special Secretary, Tourism and Cultural Affairs.
The Tripura government on Tuesday (17.01.2023) swapped responsibilities between two IAS officers.
They are;
Dr. Rathod Sandeep Rewaji (IAS:2009:TR), Special Secretary, Rural Development (including Panchayats) and Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Deptt. alongwith additional charge of Director (Projects), SLMC of RD Deptt is transferred and posted as DM & Collector, Sepajijala District, Bishramganj.
Raval Hamendra Kumar (IAS:2011:TR), DM & Collector, Sepajijala District, Bishramganj has been transferred and posted as Rural Development (including Panchayats) and Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Deptt. alongwith additional charge of Director (Projects), SLMC of RD Deptt .
The Tripura government has issued transfer and posting orders for two IPS officers.
The names of the officers and their postings are as follows :
Princee Rani (IPS:2005:TR), DIG, Hqrs has been transferred and posted as IGP, Administration.
R G K Rao, DIG, Southern Range with additional charge of DIG, Northern Range has been transferred and posted as IGP, Provisioning & Budget with additional charges of DIG, Northern and Southern Range.
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