Haryana cadre 1982-batch IAS officer DS Dhesi who had rejoined the Chief Minister’s office as Manohar Lal Khattar’s Chief Principal Secretary last year, will look after key government departments besides being the overall incharge of CM's office.
A fresh order has been issued while re-allocating the departments to the officers in the CM's office. The fresh order will supersede the previous orders regarding allocation of departments to the officers issued in 2020 and 2021.
The Departments have been allocated to CPSCM DS Dhesi (IAS retd), PSCM IAS officer V Umashankar, Advisor Resource mobilization Yogender Chaudhary, APSCM IAS officer Amit Kumar Agrawal, DPSCM IAS Ashima Brar, POSD/CM Neeraj Daftaur, ODS/CM HCS Satish Kumar, OSD/CM Bhupeshwar Dayal and OSD/CM HCS Sudhanshu Gautam
According to the order, Dhesi will look after all matters relating to legislative business including legislative proposals taken before the Council of Ministers and issue of Ordinances, Parliamentary Affairs, Law and legislative. He will also look after Citizen Resource Information, Excise and Taxation, Irrigation, General Administration, Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Training, Hospitality and Vigilance, Home, Criminal Investigation and Administration of Justice, Jails, Town and Country Planning and Urban Estates, Urban Local Bodies, Industries, Electronics and Information Technology, Finance, Institutional Finance and Credit Control and Planning. He will be overall incharge of CM's office, CM's office establishment and subject not alloted to any other officer, the order said.
After retiring as Haryana’s Chief Secretary in June, 2019, Dhesi was appointed as chairman, Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) in August 2019. He had later resigned and joined as CPSCM last year in October. The post of Chief Principal Secretary to CM was created for the first time in Haryana.
Meanwhile, PSCM V Umashankar will look after the Departments of Renewable Energy, Revenue, Rehabilitation and Consolidation, Science and Technology, Transport, Mines and Geology, Civil Aviation while Principal OSD Neeraj Daftaur is given the key department of Public Relations. IAS officer Amit Kumar Agrawal is given Ayush, Health, Medical Education, Forests and Wildlife among 10 departments while IAS Ashima Brar is given 15 departments including Architecture, Women and Child Development, Agriculture, Environment, Elections among others.
OSD/CM HCS Satish Kumar is given the charge of CM announcements, CM relief fund, Wakf, HRDF and other sanctions, OSD/CM Bhupeshwar Dayal will look after grievance and HCS Suhanshu Gautam is given works related to HRMS and online transfer policy.
