Chandigarh: Home Secy, MC chief to continue on their posts

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, May 21

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has communicated to the UT Administration that Home Secretary Arun Gupta and MC Commissioner KK Yadav will continue on their posts till the Appointment Committee of Cabinet decides on their proposal for extension in their deputation tenure.

UT sought extension

The UT had sought three-month extension for Home Secretary Arun Gupta and MC Commissioner KK Yadav from the Ministry of Home Affairs in view of the prevailing pandemic.

The term of Gupta, a Haryana cadre IAS officer on deputation with UT Chandigarh, was to end on May 31, while the term of the Punjab cadre IAS officer Yadav was to end on May 23. However, they will now continue on their posts. The UT Administration had sought three month extension for both Yadav and Gupta in view of the current Covid-19 pandemic and to ensure continuity in the Covid management efforts.

In response to the UT’s request, the MHA today stated: “Both the officers will continue on their posts till the approval/decision of the Appointment Committee of Cabinet is received on the proposal for extension of three months in their deputation centre.”

Minor reshuffle in UT Administration

A day after IAS officer Vijay Namdeorao Zade joined the Chandigarh Administration as Finance Secretary, the UT reshuffled some the officers. Zade will also hold the charge of Secretary, Treasury and Accounts, Planning, Excise and Taxation, Engineering, Labour and Employment, Industries, Urban Planning, and Estate. He will also be the Chief Electoral Officer and Chief Administrator. Yashpal Garg, who is currently the Chief Executive Officer, Chandigarh Housing Board, has been given the additional charge of Secretary, Tourism Department, while SS Gill, Secretary Education, has also been designated as Secretary, House Allotment Committee. Nitika Pawar, Special Secretary, Personnel, will also be Secretary, Social Welfare and Women and Child Development. She has also been give the responsibility of Chairman, Child and Women Development Corporation; Chairman, SC, BC and Minorities Financial and Development Corporation; and Special Secretary, House Allotment Committee. Pawar, though, has been relieved of her duties in the CITCO.