In a much-awaited bureaucratic reshuffled, Chhattisgarh's BJP Government on Wednesday reshuffled 10 Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers that include five district collectors.
The order for reshuffles was issued minutes after Chief Minister Raman Singh ended his marathon meeting with collectors of all the 27 districts at Naya Raipur to tone up administrative functioning. Surprisingly, Bilaspur Collector Thakur Ram Singh has been made Collector of Raipur district in place of Siddharth Komal Singh Pardeshi who will join as the new collector of Bilaspur district.
Similarly, Balod Collector Amrit Kumar Khalkho has been posted as Managing Director of Chhattisgarh State Seed and Agriculture Development Corporation. Jashpur Collector l S Ken has been posted as the Joint Secretary in General Administration Department (GAD) while appointing Himshikhar Gupta who was posted as Additional CEO, SUDA will be the new Collector of Jashpur district.
Joint Secretary in the Mantralaya, Ritu Sen has been made the Surguja district Collector while Surajpur district collector R Prashanna has been posted as Joint Secretary, General Administration Department (GAD). Sahla Nigar who is Special Secretary (Finance) who had been posted as Director ( local Fund Audit) have been offered charges of as Additional Commissioner, Commercial Tax. Moreover, Bhuvnesh Yadav, who is currently Deputy Secretary, Co-operatives and Director (Horticulture) will also take care of Mandi Board as managing director.