Just a few hours after the Haryana government appointed senior IAS officer Sudhir Rajpal (IAS:1990:HY) as the new Home Secretary, a modified transfer order was issued on Sunday evening, re-allocating the position to TVSN Prasad (IAS:1988:HY). Notably, TVSN Prasad will still continue to serve as the Additional Chief Secretary, Home, as he did prior to this alteration.
The government did not provide any specific explanation for this modification. Earlier on the same day, transfer orders had been issued for nine Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, designating Sudhir Rajpal as the new Home Secretary.
In the initial order, Sudhir Rajpal was appointed to replace TVSN Prasad, who had responsibilities encompassing various departments, including jails, criminal investigation, administration of justice, and more.
However, in the modified order, TVSN Prasad has been assigned additional duties as the Financial Commissioner for the revenue, disaster management, and consolidation departments. He will continue to oversee the departments he previously held, which include home, jails, criminal investigation, and administration of justice. TVSN Prasad will also retain his positions as the Chief Resident Commissioner at Haryana Bhawan in New Delhi and as the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of the cooperation department.
Meanwhile, Sudhir Rajpal, who previously served as the ACS in the agriculture, farmers’ welfare, and civil aviation departments, has now been reassigned to ACS roles in the school education, cooperation, and youth empowerment and entrepreneurship departments, according to the modified order.
