In its first major bureuacratic reshuffle after coming to power, the BJP-JJP Haryana Government on Wednesday issued transfer and posting orders of 14 IAS officers, including Ashok Khemka, with immediate effect.
Sanjeev Kaushal, Additional Chief Secretary, Excise and Taxation and Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Department has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department and Cooperation Department.
Pranab Kishore Das, Additional Chief Secretary, Mines and Geology Department has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Food, Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department.
Alok Nigam, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Works Department (Building and Roads) and Architecture, Forests & Wildlife Department has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Forest and Wildlife Department and Medical Education and Research Department.
Devender Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Civil Aviation, Industries and Commerce, Skill Development and Industrial Training Department has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources and Public Health Engineering Department.
Trilok Chand Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary, New and Renewable Energy, Transport, Power, Employment, Works related to Implementation of Chief Minister announcements, Additional Chief Secretary, Haryana Administrative Reforms Department, Member Secretary, Haryana Governance Reforms Authority has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, New and Renewable Energy, Transport, Power, Employment, Works related to Implementation of Chief Minister announcements, Skill Development and Industrial Training and Member Secretary, Haryana Governance Reforms Authority.
Amit Jha, Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education and Research Department and Advisor, Haryana Saraswati Heritage Board has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Science and Technology Department and Advisor, Haryana Saraswati Heritage Board.
Siddhi Nath Roy, Additional Chief Secretary, Food, Supply and Consumer Affairs and Cooperation Department has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Local Bodies Department.
Rajeev Arora, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare and Public Health Engineering Department, Chief Resident Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi, has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Public Works (Building and Roads) and Architecture Department and Chief Resident Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi.
T.V.S.N Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance and Planning Department, has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Finance and Planning Department, Industries and Commerce and Civil Aviation Department.
Anurag Rastogi, Principal Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources Department has been posted as Principal Secretary, Excise and Taxation Department.
Anand Mohan Sharan, Principal Secretary, Urban Local Bodies, Sports and Youth Affairs Departments and Principal Resident Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi has been posted as Principal Secretary, Mines and Geology, Sports and Youth Affairs Department and Principal Resident Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi.
Ashok Khemka, Principal Secretary, Science and Technology Department has been posted Principal Secretary, Archives, Archeology and Museums Department. D. Suresh, Chief Administrator, Haryana Shaheri Vikas Pradhikaran has been posted as the Commissioner, Rohtak Division, Rohtak. Pankaj Yadav, Commissioner, Rohtak Division, Rohtak has been posted as Chief Administrator, Haryana Shaheri Vikas Pradhikaran.
KHEMKA SAYS REWARD FOR HONESTY IS HUMILIATION
1991 Batch IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who has been transferred about 50 times in his career reacted strongly to his latest posting, saying the “reward for honesty is humiliation”.
“Phir tabadla (transferred again),” the officer tweeted. “Same thing again. Constitution Day was celebrated yesterday. Today, the orders and rules of the Supreme Court were violated yet again. Some will be pleased,” the tweet in Hindi added. “The reward for honesty is humiliation,” it said.
Khemka was posted as Principal Secretary in Haryana''s Science and Technology Department only in March. His next assignment is Principal Secretary, Archives, Archaeology and Museums Department, according to an official statement.