The Excise Department, which is gearing up to revert to the old Excise Policy and sell liquor through vends run by four Delhi Government agencies from next month, has got a new Deputy Commissioner, Jitendra Agrawal, a 1997-batch DANICS officer, a Delhi Government order said. Of the two posts of Deputy Commissioners in the department, one was vacant owing to a transfer, while the Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) had approved the suspension of the other Deputy Commissioner AK Tiwari along with 10 other officials over allegations of “serious lapses” in execution of the 2021-22 policy.
Agrawal was posted as Director (Archives), and has also held additional charges of Director (Archaeology) besides some other positions.
Further, the two Delhi Government undertakings — the Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC) and Delhi Consumer’s Cooperative Wholesale Store (DCCWS) — that will open liquor stores from September 1, have also got new heads.
Geetika Sharma, a 2012-batch IAS officer, currently serving as Deputy Commissioner Northeast district, has been given additional charge of General Manager of the DTTDC.
She will replace Pravesh Ranjan Jha, a DANICS officer, who has been appointed as Additional Secretary to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Vikas Ahlawat, who was posted as Deputy Director in the DDA, has been appointed as the General Manager of DCCWS.