Behera to be JS Bio-Technology

Upendra Nath Behera is being tipped to be Joint Secretary Bio-Technology in Government of India. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Five DGPs in J& K

Believe it or not in a small state like Jammu and Kashmir there are five IPS officers of the rank of Director General of Police(DGP).They are Rajan Bakhshi, M K Mohanty,Rajinder Tikkoo,A.K.Suri and Gopal Sharma.

A K Bhandari to retire in July

Special Secretary Home A K Bhandari is superannuating in July. He is 1966 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

15 IAS officers to face corruption charges

Jammu and Kashmir Vigilance Bureau will probe corruption charges against 15 IAS officers in the state.

Promotee officers rule the roost in Haryana

When it comes to ruling the roost in Haryana, a large chunk definitely remains with the promotee officers of the state rather than regular ones.Here's a brief insight into It. What is interesting is that, of 19 District Commissioners 11 of them are promotees while 10 of 19 SPs are promotees too.

Here's a compilation of it:

DISTRICT COMMISSIONER LEVEL:Promotees

DC AMBALA: DD GAUTAM
DC KARNAL - RS DOON
JIND- RAJEEV SHARMA
JHAJJAR - MAHENDRA KUMAR
PANCHKULA - SATWANTI AHLAWAT
PANIPAT - M R ANAND
FATEHABAD - RB LANGIAN
BHIWANI - HARPAL SINGH MALIK
MAHENDRAGARH - O P INDORA
ROHTAK - ASHOK KUMAR YADAV
SONIPAT - BALWAN SINGH

SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE LEVEL:

AMBALA - HARDEEP SINGH DOON
GURGAON - KULDEEP SINGH SIHAG
JIND - MANJIT SINGH AHLAWAT
PANCHKULA - RANBIR SHARMA
PANIPAT - SUMAN MANJARI
FATEHABAD - KK RAO
FARIDABAD - RAJENDRA KUMAR
BHIWANI - SUKHDEV SINGH
YAMUNANAGAR - RAJENDER SINGH
SIRSA - ATTAR SINGH AHLAWAT
SONIPAT - PARAMJIT SINGH AHLAWAT

Besides the promotee officers at the DC and SP levels here are a few top notch posts held by promotee officers:
DIRECTOR AGRICULTURE - HAWA SINGH DHANKHAR
DIRECTOR FOOD AND SUPPLIES: S K JOSHI
DIRECTOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND DIRECTOR PANCHAYATS - JAYAWANTI SHEOKAND
DIRECTOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION - RAJBIR SINGH
DIRECTOR TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING AND CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR HUDA: N C
WADHWA
DIRECTOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT: D K SHARMA
DEPUTY PRINCIPAL SECRETARY CM - I - BALBIR SINGH MALIK
DEPUTY PRINICIAPL SECRETARY TO CM II - VIDYADHAR

Uttaranchal to recall IAS officers ?

Grapevine has it that because of shortage Uttaranchal Government is contemplating to recall several of its IAS officers who are currently on deputation to the Centre.Altogether there are seven officers are on deputation.

No corrupt IPS officer in several states

There is no tainted IPS officer in some of the states including Andhra Pradesh, J&K,Karnataka, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Chhattisgarh and Uttaranchal.Mind you, this is official.

Batchmates working directly under DGP

Not known to many outside Bihar, DP Ojha (IPS-1967), DGP, Bihar has the unique distinction of two of his batchmates working directly under him. They are W.H Khan Director-General, Armed Forces, Bihar and Santosh Kumar, Addl DGP, CID, Bihar.