In first administrative rejig, 14 IAS officers transferred

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 27

With the BJP-JJP government effecting its first major administration reshuffle today, Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala will have new additional chief secretaries (ACS) or principal secretaries (PS) in at least five key departments headed by him. The state administration reshuffled 14 senior officers today.

Among Dushyant’s departments that will have new ACS/PS will be Excise and Taxation, Industries and Commerce, Food and Supplies, Public Works Department and Archives, Archeology and Museums.

Meanwhile, Sanjeev Kaushal, ACS, Excise and Taxation and Agriculture, has been posted as ACS, Agriculture and Cooperation. PK Das, ACS, Mines and Geology, has been posted as ACS, Food and Supplies.

Alok Nigam, ACS, PWD and Forests and Wildlife, has been posted as ACS, Forest and Wildlife and Medical Education. Devender Singh, ACS, Civil Aviation, Industries and Commerce, Skill Development and Industrial Training, has been posted as ACS, Irrigation and Water Resources and Public Health Engineering.

TC Gupta, ACS, Transport, Power, Employment and works related to implementation of Chief Minister’s announcements, has been posted as ACS, Transport, Power, Employment, works related to implementation of Chief Minister’s announcements and Skill Development and Industrial Training.

Amit Jha, ACS, Medical Education, has been posted as ACS, Science and Technology. SN Roy, ACS, Food and Supplies, has been posted as ACS, Urban Local Bodies. Rajeev Arora, ACS, Health and Public Health Engineering, has been posted as ACS, Health and Family Welfare, PWD and Chief Resident Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi.

TVSN Prasad, ACS, Finance, has been posted as ACS, Finance and Civil Aviation. Anurag Rastogi, PS, Irrigation and Water Resources, has been posted to Excise and Taxation Department.

Anand Mohan Sharan, PS, Urban Local Bodies and Sports and Youth Affairs, has been posted as PS, Mines and Geology and Sports and Youth Affairs.

Ashok Khemka, Principal Secretary, Science and Technology Department has been posted PS, Archives, Archeology and Museums. D. Suresh, Chief Administrator, Haryana Shaheri Vikas Pradhikaran, has been posted as Commissioner, Rohtak Division, Rohtak.

Pankaj Yadav, Commissioner, Rohtak Division, Rohtak has been posted as Chief Administrator, HSVP.

Ashok Khemka, a 1991-batch IAS officer who was transferred for the 53rd time in his career, reacted sharply to his transfer. “Transferred again; returned to the same place. A day after we celebrated the Constitution Day, the Supreme Court order and rules were violated today. Some people would be happy with my transfer. I have been humiliated for my honesty,” Khemka tweeted. Posted as Principal Secretary, he has been moved from Science and Technology to the Department of Archives and Museums. Khemka shot into the limelight in 2012 when he cancelled the mutation of a land deal between Robert Vadra’s firm and DLF.

Key sectors with JJP chief 

Among Dushyant Chautala’s departments that will have new additional chief secretaries or principal secretaries will be Excise and Taxation, Industries and Commerce, Food and Supplies, Public Works Department and Archives, Archeology and Museums.