In the first major reshuffle of the principal secretary rank officers under the President's rule, the State Government today transferred Home Secretary JB Tubid, who has served the Home department for the longest period during his various tenures, to the land and revenue department with additional charge of the Cabinet Secretariat and coordination.
Tubid has been replaced by NN Pandey, a 1983 batch IAS officer, who held the charge of the two departments assigned to Tubid. In all, the State Government shifted four senior IAS officers and gave additional charge of various departments to five other IAS officers.
Governor Syed Ahmed, instead of making a major reshuffle, had begun the Governance with the team of officers chosen by the Arjun Munda Government since the President's rule was imposed in the State on January 18.
Principal Secretary in the Agriculture department Arun Kumar Singh has been shifted to Urban Development while N. M Kulkarni will be the new secretary in the agriculture department.
Kulkarni will continue to remain in additional charge of Divisional Commissioner of North Chotanagpur, Hazaribagh. Singh will also be in additional charge of Housing department, held by Kulkarni.
Divisional Commissioner of South Chotanagpur Vandana Dadel has been given additional charge of the secretary, art and culture, sports and youth affairs.
Civil Aviation Secretary Sajal Chakraborty has been given additional charge of Tourism department, while Finance Secretary Sukhdev Singh has been assigned the additional charge of Institutional Finance and Programme Implementation.
Principal Secretary in the water resources department S K Satpathy has been given the additional responsibility to implement Mukhya Mantri Gramin Setu Yojana, a programme under the rural development department. He is also in additional charge of rural works department.
Principal Secretary, Road construction, Rajbala Verma, who is said to have performed well in implementing various roads projects across the State, has been given the additional charge of Building Construction.