Relieve MC chief Kamal Kishor Yadav, Punjab writes to UT administration

CHANDIGARH: While the administration had decided not to relieve municipal commissioner Kamal Kishor Yadav till further orders from the Union government, the Punjab government has written to the UT to relieve him, so that he can join back his parent cadre.
Recently, the UT had sought three-month extension for home secretary Arun Gupta and MC commissioner KK Yadav.The three-year tenure of both the officers had ended in May. The UT’s proposal to the Central government for three-month extension to Gupta, a Haryana cadre IAS officer of 1992 batch, was approved by the appointment committee of the cabinet.
In a letter sent by Vineet Kumar, special secretary, personnel, Punjab, to the UT secretary, personnel, it was stated that the Punjab government has already sent a panel of officers for appointment as Chandigarh MC commissioner on inter-cadre deputation.
“Therefore, it is requested that the new incumbent out of the panel may be appointed on the post of commissioner, municipal corporation, and Kamal Kishor Yadav, IAS, be relieved to join back his parent cadre,” read the letter.
The Punjab government had sent a panel of three IAS officers — Anindita Mitra, Amit Kumar and Rajiv Prashar —to succeed Yadav. In March, the UT had recommended to the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) the name of Anindita, a 2007 batch IAS officer, for MC commissioner post.
At present, Yadav also holds the charge of secretary, rural development & panchayats, secretary, sports, nodal officer (Smart City) and chief executive officer, Chandigarh Smart City Limited.
To tackle the second Covid wave, UT administrator VP Singh Badnore had urged the ministry of home affairs to grant extension in services to Gupta and Yadav, a Punjab cadre IAS officer of 2003 batch.
The Haryana government had earlier sent a panel of three IAS officers to succeed Gupta. The panel included Nitin Kumar Yadav (2000 batch), Ravi Pankaj Agarwal (2000 batch) and Vinay Singh (2003 batch). The UT had recommended Nitin Kumar Yadav for UT home secretary post.