In an administrative reshuffle in the Information department, the Uttar Pradesh government has transferred Director, Information and the additional director with immediate effect.
Special Secretary (Bhasha) Shishir Singh, has been given additional charge of Director, Information.
According to the government spokesman, Director, Information Ujjawal Kumar has been posted as municipal commissioner of Allahabad (Prayagraj). Additional Director, Information, Gyaneshwar Tripathi has also been transferred and kept on waiting.
Incidentally, the new incumbent to the post of Director, Information, Shishir Singh, is a 1997 batch PCS officer and his elevation to IAS rank is due next year. Shishir Singh is considered to be a very honest officer. Earlier, he was posted in Greater Noida as DCO and later as ADM in Noida. He was also posted in Culture department.
In another transfer, Special Secretary (Finance) Yashu Rustagi has been made additional commissioner in Commercial Taxes department. ADM (Revenue) at Varanasi, Manoj Kumar Rai, has been shifted as additional commissioner of Allahabad.
Joint Secretary in Labour department, Satish Pal, has been shifted as ADM (Revenue) at Varanasi and Allahabad Municipal Commissioner Avinash Singh has been made Special Secretary (Home).