P L Singh is new CBDT Chairman

P L Singh will be new Chairman of the CBDT. Name of 1966 batch IRS officer Singh was cleared for the post on Tuesday evening.

Tenure of Jha expires

Tenure of Madan Mohan Jha,Joint Secretary in the Ministry of HRD expired on Tuesday. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Will Arya be made Secretary ?

Grapevine has it that Satguru Prasad Arya is being appointed Secretary in one of the Ministries in Government of India. 1968 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer Arya is currently posted in the Planning Commission.

Vinod Chaudhry joins Inland Waterways Authority

Vinod Chaudhry has joined the Inland Waterways Authority as Member (Finance). He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. This authority comes under the Ministry of Shipping.

Basnet is Secretary to CM in Sikkim

Ranjit Singh Basnet is the new Secretary to the Sikkim Chief Minister. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.

IAS changes in Sikkim

Ms Jayshree Pradhan will be Commissioner and Secretary Education. Dorji Dadul has been made Commissioner and Secretary UD&HD. Vijay Bhushan Pathak,presently
District Magistrate, East Sikkim, has been promoted as Secretary to the Government of Sikkim, Dept of Sports& Youth Affairs, and Department of Information &Public Relations.He is 1990 batch IAS officer.K.Srinivasulu, IAS (1994 batch) presently DM(South Sikkim) has been made DM (East Sikkim) R.Telang, IAS (1995 batch) presently DM(North Sikkim) has been made DM(South Sikkim).Vishal Chauhan, IAS(1998 batch) presently District Development Officer (East Sikkim) has been made DM(North Sikkim)

IPS changes in West Bengal

Ranjit Mohanty, IPS, ADG State Armed Police is the new CID Chief
of W Bengal.RK Johri is new IG CID. Partha Bhattacharya, ADG
Traffic, is new ADG SAP.Mamta Anurag is new DIG IB. She was till
recently DIG Jalpaiguri Range.

HOTA family in Bureaucracy

Talking about Hotas, Prasanna Hota(IAS 1969) is with Urban Development Ministry,his elder brother Purna Chandra Hota (Orissa 1962
IAS)is Chairman of UPSC, younger brother P C Hota is
Dy Commissioner of Police in New Delhi and his brother in
law Arun Rath (1973 Bihar IAS) is the Joint Secretary
in Department of Public Enterprises. Another sister of
Hotas is married to the son of Former Chief Justice of
India and now Congress MP of Rajya Sabha Justice
Ranganath Mishra. A truely distinguished family of
Civil Servants.

1989 batch IPS to be promoted in Orissa

DPC for 1989 IPS officers of Orissa Cadre for promotion as DIGs will be held during this week .However,B.Jha,IPS, 1988 batch who is still SP is awaiting his promotion.His batchmates have already been promoted to the rank of DIG.

Tenure of Raghavan and Pathak expired

Tenure of two Directors in the Ministry of Defence M P Raghavan and A K Pathak expired on Tuesday.

1974 batch IAS gets PS rank in Haryana

Four 1974 batch IAS officers namely Mssrs Shyam Prakash Sharma, S K Maheshwari, Vivek Mehrotra and K S Bhoria have been promoted as Principal Secretaries in Haryana.

Khachi gets posting in HP

Anil Kumar Khachi has been appointed Director Public Finance in Himachal Pradesh. He is 1986 batch IAS officer.

Justice Ray transferred to Orissa

Justice Sujit Barman Ray judge of the Calcutta High Court has been transferred to Orissa High Court.

Eight additional judges appointed

Mssrs R Banumathi, S Ashok Kumar, S K Krishnan,Thottipalayam Vardhrajan, A R Ramalingam, S Sardar Zackria Hussain,M Thanikachalam and R Singharavelu have been appointed additional judges of the Madras High Court.