Major reshuffle in Haryana, 24 IAS officers transferred

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 4 

In a major administrative reshuffle, the Haryana government on Thursday issued transfer and posting orders of 24 IAS officers, including nine officers of the additional chief secretary (ACS) rank. 

Varinder Singh Kundu, ACS, Fisheries Department and CEO of Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority and Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authority, has been transferred as ACS, Labour, Sainik and Ardh Sainik and Printing and Stationery Departments. 

Pranab Kumar Das, ACS, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs has been transferred as ACS for Power, New and Renewable Energy Departments. 

Trilok Chand Gupta, ACS (Power, New and Renewable Energy) will now be ACS for Mines and Geology, Employment and Housing for All Department besides being Member Secretary of Haryana Governance Reforms Authority and looking after work related to CM’s announcements, 

Amit Kumar Jha, ACS, Science and Technology has been given the charge of Development and Panchayat Department after taking away Women and Child Development from him. 

Sudhir Rajpal, who ACS, Development and Panchayats, will now be ACS, Civil Aviation besides being CEO of Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority and Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authority. 

Ankur Gupta, ACS, Higher Education and Technical Education will now be ACS, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department and Fisheries Department. 

Anurag Rastogi, ACS, Excise and Taxation Department will now have the charge of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs too. 

Anand Mohan Sharan will now be ACS for Higher Education and Technical Education Departments. 

Raja Sekhar Vundru, ACS, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department will now be ACS for Skill Department and Industrial Training Department relieving Vineet Garg, who will now be Principal Secretary for Electronics, Information and Technology and Communication Department, Social Justice and Empowerment Department and Welfare of SCs and BCs Department. 

V Umashankar, Principal Secretary to CM will now also look after the charge of Information and Public Relations Department, Citizen Resources Information Department and Haryana Administrative Reforms Department besides his present duties. 

Vijayendra Singh will be Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, General Administration Department and CEO of Haryana Saraswati Heritage Board. 

Rakesh Gupta will be Commissioner and Secretary, Women and Child Development Department besides his duties as Project Director of CMGGA. 

Vijay Singh Dahiya, Director Agriculture and Farmers Welfares will now be Director, Higher and Technical Education. 

Amneet P Kumar, DG, Medical Education and Research will now be MD, Dairy Development Corporation and MD, Haryana SC Finance Development Corporation. 

Amit Kumar Agarwal, Additional Principal Secretary to CM will also have the charge of Director General of Information and Public Relations Department. 

Ajit Balaji Joshi will be Chief Administrator of Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran, Vikas Yadav will be Direcor Rural Development and Vinay Singh will be Chief Administrator of Haryana State Agriculture Marketing Board. 

PS Meena has been transferred as Director, Skill Development and Industrial Training, A Sreenivas as Director, Mine and Geology Department, Hardeep Singh as Director, Agriculture, Shaleen as Director Medical Education and Research and Munish Sharma, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Manesar and Additional Labour Commissioner, Gurugram.