IAS officer resigns in Gujarat

Senior IAS officer Vijay Ranchan has decided to quit the services six months ahead of his retirement. 1967 batch officer reportedly put in his papers last week, expecting the Gujarat government to relieve him from duty. His colleagues say, Ranchan decided to quit the services because he was feeling "suffocated and uncomfortable" under the current political atmosphere. One of the most seasoned bureaucrats, he has not revealed his plans. Ranchan, who worked as Additional Chief Secretary, Energy, when Keshubhai Patel was the CM, was suddenly sidelined and placed in charge of the state's holy places.

Sudesh Kumar is Director Uco Bank

Sudesh Kumar has been appointed Director of the UCO Bank as Government nominee. 1984 batch IAS officer Sudesh Kumar is Director Banking in the Government of India.

IAS reshuffle in Karnataka

S Swatantra Rao has been appointed MD Karnataka State Infrastructure Investment Development Corporation.Rin Sangha will be new Chairman of the Bangalore Development Authority.Other new postings are as under : Bulla Subba Rao Housing Secretary, Brahmadutta DG Karnataka State Bureau of Public Enterprises. Srikanth Walgad Special Officer IT and Infrastructure Hubli, Shantanu Consul Principal Secretary Food and Civil Supplies, A Ramaswami Secretary Cooperation, R B Agwane MD Krishna Bhagya Jal Nigam Ltd, P B Rama Murthy MD Bangalore Electricity Supply Co.Ltd,D Satya Murthy IG Registeration and Commissioner Stamps,N C Muniyappa Commissioner Youth Services and Vatsala Watsa Principal Secretary Administrative Reforms and Training.M R Srinivas Murthy has been appointed new Commissioner Bangalore Municipal Corporation.

Chaudhry replaces Mehta

Lieutinent General Shantanu Chaudhry has taken over as the Commander of the Army Training Command Simla in place of S S Mehta.

IPS shake-up in Andhra Pradesh

A major IPS reshuffle has taken place in Andhra Pradesh.About two dozen SP rank officers have been affected . New changes are as under : A Ravi Shankar Ayyanar DCP North Zone Hyderabad, C V Anand DCP Central Zone Hyderabad,P V Sunil Kumar DCP East Zone Hyderabad, M V Dinakar Prasad Intelligence Wing, K Srinivas Reddy and Laxman Mohan DCP,s Traffic,P S R Anjaneyulu SP Guntur,B Shivadhar Reddy SP Srikulam, K V Rajendra Nath Reddy SP Vellore, V Venugopala Krishna Group Commander Grey Hounds Wing, Sikha Goel SP Medak, N Bala Subramanyam Commandant Third Battalion,Sheshagiri Rao Fifth Battlian,Harish Gupta SP CID, Krajaratnam Naidu SP Vijaywada Railway and S A Sattar SP Guntkal Railway.Six 1995 batch IPS officers have been promoted to the rank of SP.N Sanjay and Shankh Brata Bagchi will be SP Kurnool and Nizamabad respectively. Charu Sinha will be Commandant First Battalion,Vishwanath Chennappa will be SP Nalgonda,Anil Kumar Seventh Battalin and Bhawna Saxena SP CID.

New Punjab PSC Secretary

Satpal Singh will be new Secretary of Punjab Public Service Commission. He will replace Pritpal Singh.

Minor IAS reshuffle in AP

J C Sharma has been appointed as Vice Chairman and MD, AP Caste Cooperative Finance Corporation.Uma Malleshwar will be new Secretary Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission.

Rajendra Kumar shifted in TN

Rajendra Kumar Joint Secretary Civil Supplies has been shifted to Public Department. In an another order S Murugan was appointed Deputy Commissioner Police Pullanthope Greater Chennai.

IAS changes in Punjab

Satish Chandra has been appointed Chairman of the Pollution Control Board. Other changes are : Romila Dube PS School Education, R S Sandhu Commissioner Jullandhar Division, D S Kalha Secretary Science and Technology, G S Sandhu Secretary Transport, Suresh Kumar Commissioner Excise and Taxation, Roshan Sunkaria Special Secretary Forests,Vivek Pratap Additional MD PSICD,Anjali Bhawara Special Secretary Personnel and Megh Raj Director Lotteries.

Shrivastava is new IG CRPF

Vikram Shrivastava has taken over as IG CRPF (Personnel) .He is 1973 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

IAS reshuffle in Uttranchal

About one dozen IAS officers have been transferred in Uttranchal. S Krishnan will be new Secretary to Chief Minister N D Tiwari. Secretary to the Chief Minister Subhash Kumar has been appointed Divisional Commissioner Garhwal.S N Nalchyal who was Secretary PWD has been made Secretary Transport,Technical Education and Labour. Brijendra Pal will be new Secretary PWD.P K Mohanty who has come on deputation from Uttar Pradesh has been given Urban Development and Housing. S N Sandhu has been appointed Vice Chairman of Musoori-Dehradun Development Authority.Kunwar Raj Singh will be Additional Secretary Food and Civil Supplies. Chanar Ram, Amit Kumar Ghosh and Uma Kant Pawar have been appointed Collectors of Almora,Nainital and Tehri districts respectively. Utpal Kumar who was Collector Nainital will now be MD of Garhwal Development Corporation.Radha Ratudi will be Additional Secretary Finance.

Dogra new PCCF Punjab

A S Dogra has been appointed new Chief Conservator Forests Punjab.He will replace Gurmeet Singh.

IPS changes in Gujarat

R B Shrikumar will be new ADG (Intelligence) Gujarat.A K Bhargava who was IG (Administration) has been shifted to Armed Units and Training. DG rank officer S Banerjee has been transferred to Jails in place of H R Gehlot.

Sema appointed Judge in Supreme Court

Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir High Court H Hetoho Sema has been appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Justice Vijay Kumar Jhanjhi will be acting Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court.

IAS shake-up in Himachal Pradesh

A major IAS reshuffle has taken place in Himachal Pradesh. Diljeet Singh Dogra on return from central deputation has been appointed MD of Himachal Pradesh State Roadways Transport Corporation.Other new changes are : T G Negi Registrar Cooperative Societies, K C Sharma MD Agro-Industries,Sanjay Gupta Member Finance Electricity Board, Chamel Singh Deputy Commissioner Bilaspur, J S Ranna Director Transport, Mrs Manisha Nanda Secretary Finance, Narendra Chauhan Excise and Taxation Commissioner,S K B S Negi Labour Commissioner, J P Singh Director Rural Development,Manoj Kumar CEO HIMURJA, Kashmir Chand Special Secretary Social Welfare, B S Nanta Special Secretary Perssonel, Mahesh Garg Deputy Commissioner Kinnaur, Onkar Sharma Deputy Commissioner Sirmaur, Rakesh Kaushal Special Secretary Agriculture, Rahul Anand Deputy Commissioner Chamba, Subhash Mehta Special Secretary Forests and Cooperation, P C Jassal Special Secretary Transport,Ashok Thakur Secretary Tourism and Youth Services, Subhash Negi Secretary Urban Development and Ashok Ranjan Bsau Secretary Administration Reforms.