Ramkrishan Upadhyay
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 31
A 2008-batch Punjab-cadre IPS officer, Jagdale Nilambari Vijay, will be the first woman Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Chandigarh as the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has approved her name.
The Administration had recommended her name for the post to the ministry after it was approved by VP Singh Badnore, Punjab Governor-cum-UT Administrator, from a panel of three officers received from the Punjab Government last month.
The city SSP’s post has been lying vacant after Sukhchain Singh Gill, a 2003-batch IPS officer, was repatriated to Punjab in December last year.
Sources said her final order might take some time. As per the practice, the final appointment takes place after the approval of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. While the city has many women IAS officers at the senior level of the Administration, that is not the case with the police. Kiran Bedi was appointed the IGP of the city long time ago. Since then, no women officer has been appointed on a top post in the Police Department The ministry has also approved Shashank Anand’s name for the post of Senior Superintendent of Police (Traffic), Chandigarh. His name was recommended by the Administration.
The post of the SSP (Traffic) has been lying vacant since the term of Maneesh Chaudhary, a 2005-batch IPS officer of the Haryana cadre, ended on May 7, 2016.
Lobbying may further delay appointment of FS
Intense lobbying may further delay the appointment of the new Finance Secretary of Chandigarh. Sources said while the Administration had recommended the name of AK Sinha for the post of Finance Secretary, other contenders for the post are also trying hard in Delhi. The post of the Finance Secretary has been lying vacant after the Administration relived Finance Secretary Sarvjit Singh in February. Sinha’s name was included in the second panel sent by the Government of Punjab. The other officers in the panel included Vikas Partap Rahul Tiwari and Anurag Verma. The Administration is already facing a shortage of officers as it is yet to get the replacement for Addapa Karthik and Bhavna Garg. The transfer of the three IAS officers, including Dr SB Deepak Kumar, has further deepened the crisis of officers in the Administration.
MP Singh, Sandhu to continue at Raj Bhawan
While MP Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, and Raj Bachan Singh Sandhu, ADC, have offered to leave their postings at the Raj Bhawan, VP Singh Badnore, Punjab Governor-cum-UT Administrator, has asked both of them to continue till their replacement is found.
Sources said Badnore had conveyed to Punajb that ADC Raj Bachan Singh Sandhu and ACS MP Singh would continue to serve till the new appointments were made. He had earlier rejected the name of Ashish Kapoor for the post of the ADC. The sources said Badnore had asked Punjab to send a panel of IPS officers for the ADC’s post and IAS officers’ names for the post of Principal Secretary.
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