22 IAS, 79 IPS, 45 Bihar Administrative Service officers transferred in major rejig
The Hindu
Bihar Government transfers 22 IAS, 79 IPS, and 45 BAS officers, including DMs and SPs, in a major rejig.
The Bihar Government on January 26 transferred 22 IAS, 79 IPS and 45 Bihar Administrative Service (BAS) officers. The transferred officers included five District Magistrates (DMs) and 17 SPs.
According to a notification by the general administration department, Patna DM Chandrasekhar Singh, a 2010-batch IAS officer, has been made Special Secretary in the Chief Minister's secretariat. Mr. Singh was recently in the news for his war of letters with the State Education Department over closure of schools in Patna due to cold wave conditions. He has been replaced by 2011-batch IAS officer Shirsat Kapil Ashok, who is currently the IG (Prisons).
Naval Kishor Choudhary (2013-batch IAS officer), currently Gopalganj DM, will take over as the new Bhagalpur DM. Bhagalpur DM Subrat Kumar Sen (a 2013-batch IAS officer) has been appointed as Muzaffarpur DM.
Arvind Kumar Choudhary (1995-batch IAS officer), presently posted as Principal Secretary (Finance), has been given additional charge of Principal Secretary (Rural Development Department).
Senthil K Kumar (1996-batch IAS officer), Principal Secretary, Home Department, is the new Principal Secretary of the Planning Department. Safeena AN (1997-batch IAS officer), Principal Secretary, Minorities Welfare department, has been appointed as Member, Revenue Board.
Meanwhile, according to a notification by the home department, 79 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, including 17 SPs posted in different districts, were also transferred on January 26. Sushil Mansingh Khopde (1995-batch IPS), currently posted as Additional Director General (Operations), Special Task Force (STF), has been appointed as ADG (Prohibition). Amrit Raj (1998-batch IPS), currently posted as ADG (Prohibition), has been appointed as ADG (Operations), the notification said.
Deepak Ranjan (2012-batch IPS), currently posted as SP Jehanabad, has been transferred as commandant (Bihar Special Armed Police, Bodh Gaya). SP Naugachia Sushant Kumar Saroj has been appointed as SP Bagaha.
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