The New Year is going to prove a happy year for the careers of as many as 59 IAS officers, with the state government having already readied itself for their promotion before the new year dawns. According to reliable sources, the promotion process has been completed by the Chief Secretary and the Department of Personnel, and the official orders are expected by December 31.
Two senior IAS officers, Ajitabh Sharma and Alok Gupta, both from the 1996 batch, are likely to be promoted to Additional Chief Secretary. They are, currently, serving as Principal Secretaries.
Two others, KK Pathak and Naveen Jain, of the 2001 batch, will be moving up to Principal Secretary rank. Though KK Pathak is currently posted at the Centre, he will get a pro forma promotion.
10 IAS officers from the 2010 batch, who will become secretaries after promotion, include Jitendra Soni, Inderjeet Singh, Neha Giri, Vishwamohan Sharma, Kanhaiyalal Swami, Nalini Kathotia, Rajendra Vijay, Pragya Kevalramani, Prakash Rajpurohit, and Mahaveer Prasad. As Prakash Rajpurohit and Inderjeet Singh are on central deputation, they will get a pro forma promotion. All of these officers will be promoted from junior to Selection Pay Scale.
Similarly, 22 IAS officers from the 2013 batch are Ashish Gupta, Nathmal Didel, Namrata Vrishni, Kanaram, Anshdeep, Alok Ranjan, Nagikya Gohen, Arvind Poshwal, Pradeep K. Gawande, Mahaveer Prasad Meena, Khajan Singh, ML Chauhan, Dr. Rashmi Sharma, LN Mantri, Iqbal Khan, Kalpana Agarwal, Manish Arora, Pushpa Satyani, Shruti Bhardwaj, Arun Kumar Purohit, Mukul Sharma, and Ajay Singh Rathore. They will be promoted from junior to Selection Pay Scale.
Among these, Ashish Gupta and Anshdeep are posted on the central deputation and therefore will receive a pro forma promotion.
Similarly, among the 10 IAS officers from the 2017 batch who will be promoted are Utsav Kaushal, Gaurav Saini, Shweta Chauhan, Avdhesh Meena, Devendra Kumar, Sushil Kumar, Akshay Godara, Srinidhi BT, Saumya Jha, and Mahendra Khagrawat.
12 IAS officers from the 2022 batch, who will be promoted from Junior to Senior Pay Scale, include Yaksh Chaudhary, Pritam Kumar, Yatharth Shekhar, Anshu Priya, Saksham Goyal, Divyansh Singh, Shraddha Gome, Mohit Kasania, Bhaisare Shubham Ashok, Sonika Kumari, Shrestha Shri, and Charu, who will be promoted to the Senior Pay Scale.
If IAS officers heading districts are promoted, the government will have to give them postings elsewhere. Currently, about 10 districts are being commanded by IAS officers, who are going to be promoted. They are Jalore Collector Pradeep K. Gawande, Sikar’s Mukul Sharma, Salumber’s Avdhesh Meena, Dausa’s Devendra Kumar, Sawai Madhopur’s Kanaram, Tonk’s Kalpana Agarwal, Jhalawar’s Ajay Singh Rathore, Nagaur’s Arun Kumar Purohit, Chittorgarh’s Alok Ranjan, and Pali’s Laxmi Narayan Mantri.
Apart from it, a large-scale reshuffle is also expected in the first week of January, with transfers from the secretariat to districts. 10 districts will have new collectors after the promotion of current incumbents.
Among those who are likely to be transferred are Krishna Kunal and Praveen Gupta. The IAS officers, who have been working in the same position in the secretariat for a long time, may also be transferred. Secretary of the School Education Department, Krishna Kunal, may be transferred.
Similarly, ACS of the Public Works Department, Praveen Gupta, may also be transferred. Praveen Gupta may be given the UDH department. There is talk that the principal secretary of the UDH department, Debashish Prusty, may be transferred too.
Going by the talk in the secretariat corridors, the Personnel department will release the promotion list by December 31. If that happens, it is likely that the transfer list of IAS and IPS officers may come in the first week of January.
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