In a significant move, Aravind Kumar MK (IAS:2011:PB), currently serving as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Power, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre—Punjab—on performance grounds.
According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Friday (June 20, 2025), the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the Ministry of Power’s proposal to repatriate the officer on administrative grounds, explicitly citing “performance” as the reason—a mention that is perhaps for the first time formally recorded in such an order. The repatriation also comes with the condition of extended cooling-off.
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