Ajanta takes over as CAT head, city Bench

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 17

Former Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General of India Ajanta Dayalan assumed charge as the head of the Chandigarh Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).

Surinder Kumar, Registrar, in a press note issued today, said Ajanta took charge on Monday. Earlier, Ajanta was posted as Administrative Member at the Allahabad Bench.

The Bench exercises jurisdiction over the states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, apart from the Union Territories of Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Ajanta, a 1978-batch officer of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service, has over 38 years of experience of working in Central and state governments in different capacities. Prior to her retirement, she was the Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General of India and head of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service for two years. An alumna of the IIT, Kanpur, and Harvard Kennedy School, she has served as Member (Finance) of the Punjab State Electricity Board and also as Founder Secretary of the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission. She also served as the Accountant General of Punjab, Haryana and Kerala.