Taking a significant decision, the Punjab government has promoted seven IAS officers which include ‘first above super time scale’ for three IAS officers of 1991 batch and ‘super time scale’ for four IAS officers of 2000 batch with effect from January 1, 2016. Three IAS officers of 1991 batch — A Venu Prasad, SR ladhar and Seema Jain (Proforma Promotion) — have been promoted as Principal Secretaries or Financial Commissioners. Similarly, four IAS officers of 2000 batch — Rahul Tewari, Alaknanda Dayal, Kumar Rahul and Arunjit Singh Miglani — have been promoted as Secretaries to the State Government and are given the super time scale of IAS.