New Delhi, February 15 In a bureaucratic reshuffle, the Delhi government has transferred 72 senior officers, including those from the IAS (AGMUT) cadre, assigning them additional responsibilities in different departments.
According to a Services department order issued on Saturday, 36 IAS officers from Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and the Union Territory (AGMUT) of different batches were either given additional responsibilities or transferred to different departments.
The reshuffle also involved 36 officials from the DANICS (Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Services).
Santosh D. Vaidya (IAS, 1998) has been appointed as the Principal Secretary (Home) and will also hold additional charges of Finance, Planning, and Industries.
Bipul Pathak (IAS, 1992), Additional Chief Secretary (Social Welfare), has been given additional charge of the SC/ST/OBC welfare department.
Rupesh Kumar Thakur (IAS, 2006), CEO of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), has been appointed as the Secretary (Health and Family Welfare), replacing Nikhil Kumar (IAS, 2002), who has been moved as Commissioner (Trade and Taxes).
Sanjeev Ahuja, a 2011 batch IAS officer who recently joined the Delhi government, has been appointed as the Secretary (Education) with additional charges of higher education and technical education.
Pandurang Pole (IAS, 2004), who was the Secretary of Education, has been transferred to the General Administration Department with additional charge of the Labour Commissioner.
Neeraj Semwal (IAS, 2003), Secretary of Revenue and Divisional Commissioner, will hold additional charge of the Secretary of the Power Department, while Padma Jaiswal (IAS, 2003), awaiting posting, will serve as the Special Secretary of the Administrative Reforms Department.
Vijay Bidhuri (IAS, 2005), Secretary of Urban Development, will also hold additional charge of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), and Yashpal Garg (IAS, 2008), awaiting posting, will serve as the Secretary of Planning and hold additional charge of the Land and Building Department.
New Delhi District Magistrate Sunny Kumar Singh (IAS, 2018) has been given the additional charge of Special Secretary (Power), a post left vacant after IAS officer Ravi Dadhich was transferred outside Delhi. Saloni Rai (IAS, 2016) will be appointed as the District Magistrate of North Delhi after joining the Delhi government.
Hari Kallikkat (IAS, 2018), awaiting posting, will be the District Magistrate of West Delhi, while Vishakha Yadav (IAS, 2020) will take charge as the District Magistrate of Outer North Delhi upon joining the government, according to the order.