The Delhi government on Tuesday changed the departments of 39 officers, including secretary level IAS officers, as part of a major reshuffle in bureaucracy. Pandurang Pol (2004 batch) has been given additional charge of Education Secretary and Vijay Kumar Bidhuri (2005 batch), waiting for appointment, has been appointed as Urban Development Secretary.
These transfers and appointments include 22 officials of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) AGMUT (Arunachal, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre and 17 officials of Danix (Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli Civil Services).
In this reshuffle, many senior IAS officers have been given additional charges along with secretaries of various departments. Also, most of the shifted donation officers have been sent to the post of Additional District Magistrate (ADM) and Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) in the districts.
According to the list of transfer and appointments, Finance Commissioner Prashant Goyal (IAS 1993) has been given additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary (Food and Civil Supplies) and Chief Managing Director of Delhi Finance Corporation.
Principal Secretary (Vigilance) Sandeep Kumar (IAS 1997) will also take over as the chairman of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee. Secretary (Revenue)-Sah-Mandal Commissioner Neeraj Semal (IAS 2003) has been given additional charge of Secretary (Energy).