IAS officer resigns in UP

Satguru Prasad Arya who is 1968 batch IAS officer has resigned. There are reports that Arya is being appointed Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Tribunal.

Chikkanna is Election Commissioner Karnataka

C Chikkanna has been appointed Chief Electoral Officer(CEO) in Karnataka for a period of five years. He is 1981 batch IAS officer.

SPG Chief gets an extension

Chief of the Special Protection Group T K Mitra has been granted six months extension in his tenure. Now tenure of Mitra would end in August next.

No transfers in Haryana

Haryana Government has announced that there would be no transfers during 2002-2003.Transfers will only be made on some specific grounds.

More senior IFS posts for Madhya Pradesh

The Government of India has decided to increase posts of Indian Forest Service.It has been decided to increase 12 posts of Chief Conservator of Forest and 23 posts of Conservator of Forest.The review over IFS posts was made on the recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission.In Madhya Pradesh total sanctioned posts of IFS are 198.

IAS officer to edit Hindi Daily

Retired 1974 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre Mohan Lal Gupta is taking over as Chief Editor of "Disha Suchak " a Hindi Daily to be launched from Ujjain on April 28 April.Amar Shankar Joshi is the Printer and Publisher of this Daily.

Dalits are angry with Pondichery Chief Secretary

Some Dalit Organisations have made a complaint against Pondichery Chief Secretary T T Joseph. They are angry with the Chief Secretary for his failure to give respect to two Dalit Ministers.

Several IAS officers on foreign jaunt in Orissa

About half a dozen IAS officers in Orissa are currently on foreign tour.If reports are to be believed Ms Suresh Mohapatra, D P Das,Arun Kumar Samantray and Gokul Chandrapati are visiting different countries.D N Padhi and R Balakrishnan have just returned from their foreign tours.

Civil Aviation Authority in Punjab

There is a proposal to set up Civil Aviation Authority in Punjab.All the four flying clubs will be brought under this authority.

IPS is back to UP cadre

IPS officer Raghubir Lal who was serving in Uttranchal has been repatriated to the parent Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Case of DIG handed over to CBI

The Jharkhand Government has handed over the case of DIG (Budget) K B Singh to CBI. Income-Tax sleuths during a raid last month had recovered property disproportionate to his known sources of income.

New job to Ashok Jaitley

Principal Advisor to the J &K Chief Minister,Ashok Jaitley has been asked to monitor and direct the Qazigund-Baramulla Rail Project from May 1.Jaitley who is 1964 batch IAS officer has been appointed Principal Advisor after the superannuation.

Field posting to Direct IAS in Gujarat

If recent transfers and postings are taken into account mostly direct recruit IAS officers have been given field posting in Gujarat which was long standing demand.

IFS changes in MP

Abhay Kumar Jain Director Forest School Betul has been promoted and posted as Conservator in PCCF office.MK Tyagi DFO Mandla following his promotion has been sent on deputation.Others promoted are R.K.Gupta,T.C.Lohani,M.K.Sinha,L.K.Choudhary,Dr. M.C.Sharma, A.K.Dube,R.K.Dube and Kapoor Singh.Others affected in the changes are m/s.Vijay Bahadur Singh,P.C.Shukla and P.V.Gangopadhyaya.

e instrumental in the removal of 1970 batch IAS officer Agrawal from the DMC.