In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the AAP Government on Monday gave additional charge of Health Secretary to senior IAS officer and Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) CEO Amar Nath. Senior IAS officer and secretary (PWD) Arun Baroka has now been relieved of the additional charge of Health Secretary.
On a day when Chief Secretary KK Sharma rejoined work after a 10-day sabbatical, newly-appointed Secretary (Services) Rajendra Kumar passed the order on transfer and postings of several bureaucrats. Sharma had proceeded on leave to visit his daughter in the United States after he was served a showcause notice by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to explain why he had not routed certain files through his office.
The CM had also transferred senior IAS officer Anindo Majumdar as Secretary (Services) for issuing the orders of giving additional charge of Chief Secretary to Shakuntala D Gamlin. The Kejriwal Government had given additional charge of Secretary (Services) to the CM’s secretary Rajendra Kumar. In his order, Kumar transferred senior IAS officer FO Hashmi, who was awaiting posting, as Special Secretary (Health). The Government also appointed DANICS officer and Additional Secretary of the Public Grievances Management System KD Dogra as Additional Director (Education).
DANICS officer KD Dogra has been repatriated from the post of the NDMC director to take charge as the Deputy Commissioner of the East Delhi Municipal Committee. Deputy Commissioner (West) CR Garg has been appointed as the Director of Delhi Jal Board (DJB). The order said that the terms and conditions of deputation of Garg in the DJB would be settled in due course.
Senior DANICS officer BS Jalan has been repatriated from the DJB’s director post to take charge as the Deputy Commissioner (West). DANICS officer Ajay Kumar Bisht has been repatriated from the post of the DDA (Director) and appointed as the Additional Secretary (Power). Ad hoc DANICS officer Sandeep Gulati has been given charge of the Assistant Director in the DJB. And another ad hoc DANICS officer Meena Tyagi has been appointed as the Deputy Secretary (Power).