The Uttar Pradesh Government on Thursday shunted out CEO of Noida Authority Rama Raman in a minor bureaucratic reshuffle involving two more IAS officers. IAS officer from 1987-batch Raman was removed from his post and put on the wait list while 1989-bach IAS officer Principal Secretary Technical Education Monika Garg has been given additional charge of the Noida Authority as Officer on Special Duty at Noida Authority.
The Allahabad High Court had seized CEO Raman's powers on July 1 in response to a petition filed by Noida resident Jitendra Kumar Goyal, who had alleged that Raman had been holding three posts — CEO of Noida authority and chairman of all the three authorities-NOIDA-GREATER NOIDA and Yamuna Expressway authorities — simultaneously for three years.
The court had pointed out that the State Government had “failed to follow its own policy” that an officer should not continue on the same post for a long period of time.
After the High Court orders, the Uttar Pradesh Government, on July 19, appointed Pravir Kumar as chairman of the three authorities. Raman, however, continued as Noida authority’s CEO. IAS Pravir Kumar was also removed by the State Government the next month. Then, Principal Secretary (energy, infrastructure and industrial development) Sanjay Agarwal was given additional charge of the posts held by Kumar.
On August 16, the State Government had told the High Court that it had decided to retain Raman as CEO of Noida Authority as his services were required for the running of next phase of Metro from March 2017.