Govt shuffles 14 IAS officers in Jharkhand

RANCHI: The state government on Wednesday transferred 14 senior IAS(Indian Administrative Service) officers, including principal secretary to the governor A K Pandey who has been posted as the director general of Shree Krishna Institute of Public Administration.
Personnel department secretary Aditya Swaroop has been transferred and posted as the principal secretary to governor.Swaroop will be replaced by state road construction department secretary N N Sinha. He will also have additional charge of the information technology department.
Secretary of food and civil supplies department Rajbala Verma will be the new road construction secretary. She will be replaced by sports secretary Ajay Kumar Singh. However, Singh will continue to have additional charge of the secretary sports till further order.
Finance secretary Sukhdev Singh will now be secretary of national saving department. He will replace Swaraditya Sahay who has been transferred as commissioner Palamu.
According to a notification issued by the personnel department, commercial taxes secretary Alka Tiwary has been transferred in the same capacity to the forest and environment department. She will have additional charge of the secretary in the chief minister's secretariat. Secretary information technology Mast Ram Meena will be the new commercial taxes secretary.
Building construction department secretary L Khiyangta has been transferred to the welfare department. He will have additional charge of examination controller of Jharkhand Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Council.
Director urban administration Ashok Kumar Mishra has been posted as tribal welfare commissioner.