In a major bureaucratic surgery, 16 officers of Indian Administrative Services (IAS) and two officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) were assigned fresh postings on Friday.
Additional Chief Secretary (ASC) MK Raut has been given additional charge of Director General SIRD. likewise, ACS N Baijendra Kumar has
been given additional charge of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Chhattisgarh State Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA).
Further, Principal Secretary Forest and Urban Administration and Development department RP Mandal has been relieved of his presence capacity and has been given the charge of labour department.
Secretary School Education and Chairman Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) Subrat Sahoo has been shifted as Secretary Public Health and Family planning and Medical Education department.
1994 IAS officer Vikas Sheel, who was holding charge of Secretary Public Health and Family Welfare and Medical Education and General Administration Department (GAD), has been shifted as Secretary School Education and Chairman CGBSE. He will have the charge of GAD.
Dr Rohit Yadav, Director Urban Administration and Development and Managing Director Chhattisgarh Road Development Corporation has been made special secretary (independent charge) Urban Administration and Development department.
Commissioner Health Services Avinash Champavat has been made labour Commissioner with additional charge of Director Sports and Youth Welfare Department. Anil Kumar Rai 1990 Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers, who earlier had the charge of Sports and Youth Welfare Department has been relieved from this responsibility but will retain all other charges with him.
Collector Surguja Ritu Sain has been made Mission Director, National Rural livelihood Mission (NRlM) with additional charge of Additional Commissioner Development, Development Commissioner's office Raipur.
Gariaband Collector Niranjan Das has been moved as Director Urban Administration and Development Department.
Shruti Singh the 2006 batch IAS who was Managing Director at Chhattisgarh handloom development and marketing cooperative federation, Director Village Industry and Joint Secretary Village Industry has been shifted as Collector Gariaband.
CR Prasanna Mission Director NRlM and Additional Commissioner Development has been made Collector Dhamtari, while Collector Dhamtari Bheem Singh has been shifted to Collector Surguja.
Shyam lal Dhavde Additional Collector Raigarh has been moved to Inspector General of stamps and registration with additional charge of Managing Director of Chhattisgarh handloom development and marketing cooperative federation, Director Village Industry.
Dr M Geeta who earlier had the charge of Inspector General of stamps and registration has been released from this capacity but will continue to hold other responsibilities assigned to her.
An order dated May 26, 2016 by which Satyanarayan Rathor Additional Collector Raipur was moved as Commissioner Municipal Corporation Bhilai has been cancelled.
likewise, then order dated May 26, 2016 which had moved Narendra Kumar Dugga Commissioner Municipal Corporation Bhilai as Additional Commissioner Mahatma Gandhi NREGA has been cancelled.
Dr Jitne Kumar (IFS) who was working as Commissioner labor department and ex officio secretary labor department services has been moved back to forest department and has been posted as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (APCCF), office of Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Raipur.
APCCF Atul Kumar Shukla who was posted at office of PCCF forest headquarters Raipur has been made Secretary Forest department.
With Atul Kumar Shukla's fresh appointment 1990 batch IFS Anil Kumar Sahu who had the charge of Secretary Forest and Secretary Power department will now only have the charge of Secretary Power.