The newly elected BJP authorities in Chhattisgarh has effected a serious bureaucratic reshuffle, transferring 88 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and one officer of the Indian Police Service.
Collector of 19 districts are amongst those that have been shifted, as per an order issued by the Basic Administration Division on Wednesday midnight (January 3.)
Some officers thought-about near the earlier Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress authorities are additionally amongst those that have been transferred.
As per the order, the Collectors of Raipur, Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur (MCB), Kanker, Korba, Rajnandgaon, Bemetara, Kondagaon, Durg, Surajpur, Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur, Surguja, Janjgir-Champa, Balod, Dhamtari, Sarangarh-Bilaigarh, Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai and Gariaband have been modified.
P. Dayanand, the 2006 batch IAS officer presently serving as Secretary to the Chief Minister, has been relieved of the extra cost of Medical Schooling Secretary.
He has been given extra cost of the Secretary of Power, Mineral Sources and Public Relations Departments, chairman of the Chhattisgarh State Energy Firm, in addition to Secretary of Commerce and Trade (rail line initiatives) and Aviation Departments.
Mr. Dayanand was appointed as Secretary to the CM on December 19, 2023, after the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) got here to energy within the State. Mayank Shrivastav, the 2006 batch IPS officer, has been posted as commissioner-cum-director of the Public Relations Division.
As per the order, 1992 batch IAS officer Subrat Sahoo, has been posted because the Further Chief Secretary (ACS) of Dharmik Nyas (non secular belief) and Dharmsva Division.
Previous to the brand new posting, he was ACS of the Panchayat and Rural Improvement Division together with extra cost of Electronics and Info Expertise, Commerce and Trade (rail line initiatives), PWD and chairman of the Chhattisgarh Atmosphere Conservation Board.
Mr. Sahoo has additionally been given extra cost of Director Basic of the Thakur Pyarelal State Panchayat and Rural Improvement Institute, changing Niharika Barik.
IAS officer Barik (1997 batch) has been appointed as Principal Secretary of the Panchayat and Rural Improvement Division with extra cost of Improvement Commissioner and Principal Secretary of Electronics and IT.
Raipur Collector Sarveshwar Narendra Bhure has been posted as Chhattisgarh State Election Fee secretary. Gaurav Kumar Singh, the 2013 batch IAS officer, has been posted as Raipur Collector.
He was serving as joint secretary of the Panchayat and Rural Improvement Division with extra cost of Forest and Medical Schooling Departments.
Pushpendra Meena, who was the collector of Durg, house district of former CM Bhupesh Baghel, has been shifted as Secretary of the Public Service Fee.
Taran Prakash Sinha and Sanjeev Jha, who had been joint secretaries within the Mantralaya, have been shifted as Joint Secretary of Sports activities and Youth Welfare Division and director of Samgra Shiksha, respectively.
Mr. Sinha beforehand served because the Collector of Raigarh and Jha because the Collector of Bilaspur. They had been faraway from the posts in October final yr on the Election Fee’s path forward of the State Meeting polls.
Bijapur Collector Rajendra Kumar Katara has been now shifted as director of the State Council and Academic Analysis and Coaching (SCERT) with extra cost as mission director of the State Literacy Mission.