The Chandigarh administration is all set to receive a battery of eight new IAS, IPS and DANIPS officers soon. The list of three officers for appointments on the key posts of Finance Secretary, Municipal Commissioner and a Deputy Commissioner has already been sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) at the Centre for approval. Besides, the MHA has already issued the posting orders of four AGMUT cadre IAS and IPS officers and a DANIPS officer to be posted in the Union Territory (UT).
This is possibly for the first time that the UT is going to have eight new IAS, IPS and DANIPS officers joining it around the same time within next one month. Basant Garg (IAS:2005:PB) is most likely to become new Finance Secretary, while Amit Kumar (IAS:2008:PB) is believed to have been named for the post of Municipal Commissioner.
Similarly, Nishant Kumar Yadav (IAS:2013:HY) is the strongest contender for the Deputy Commissioner’s post in the UT. According to sources in the Chandigarh administration, the list was finalised after discussion with Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Gulab Chand Katariya before being sent to the MHA for the final approval.
Among the five officers, who have already been issued posting orders by the MHA, are two IAS and two IPS officers of the AGMUT cadre and one DANIPS officer. The IAS officers are Swapnil Naik (IAS:2004:AGMUT) and Prerna Puri (IAS:2006:AGMUT), while the IPS officers are Manjit (IPS:2015:AGMUT) and Geetanjali Khandelwal (IPS:2015:AGMUT). Besides, one DANIPS cadre officer has also been ordered to move to Chandigarh.
