The State Government on Monday effected a major reshuffle at the top IAS level and shunted out 1983 batch officer and Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue and Disaster Management) Taradatt to a less important position.
Taradatt has been posted as the Director-General of the Gopabandhu Academy of Administration. However, he continues with the job of KBK Chief Administrator. As many as 11 senior IAS officers were repositioned.
On his return from Central deputation, 1986 batch officer Asit Tripathy was appointed as the Home Principal Secretary along with additional charge of Department of Employment and Technical Education and Training.
After his Central deputation, 1986 batch officer GV Venugopal Sharma was posted as the new General Administration Principal Secretary and was also given additional charge of Special Relief Commissioner (SRC).
Home Principal Secretary and 1988 batch officer CJ Venugopal was posted as Science and Technology Principal Secretary while 1989 batch officer Mona Sharma was made Revenue and Disaster Management Principal Secretary. She was also given additional charge as Odisha State Disaster Management (OSDMA) Managing Director.
Planning and Coordination Secretary and 1989 batch officer Debendra Nath Gupta replaced Mona Sharma as Chief Electoral Officer while his batch mate and Water Resources Principal Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena was given additional charge of the Department of Information Technology (DoIT).
General Administration Department Principal Secretary and 1990 batch officer Niten Chandra will take over as Commercial Tax Commissioner (CCT) while his batch mate Manoj Ahuja, presently CCT, is new Cooperation Principal Secretary and has been given additional charge of Administrative Reforms in General Administration.
While 1992 batch officer CS Kumar was appointed as the new Transport Commissioner, 1997 batch’s Sanjay Singh was posted as Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Southern Division.)