Dr Yunus gets additional departmental responsibilities; Kiran Bhadana appointed Bilaspur DC in administrative changes involving four officers
Shimla, October 24: The Himachal Pradesh government has ordered a reshuffle involving four IAS officers, assigning fresh responsibilities and changing key district and departmental postings in the interest of public administration. The orders, issued on the recommendations of the Civil Services Board, take immediate effect.
Under the revised arrangements, Dr Yunus, a 2010-batch IAS officer serving as Secretary (State Taxes and Excise), has been given additional charge of the General Administration Department, Social Welfare Department and Parliamentary Affairs Department. He takes over these additional responsibilities from Ashish Singhmar, a 2007-batch IAS officer.
In another significant change, Rahul Kumar, a 2016-batch IAS officer and Deputy Commissioner of Bilaspur, has been appointed Managing Director of the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC), Shimla. With this appointment, Shivam Pratap Singh, a 2017-batch IAS officer, has been relieved of the additional charge of the corporation.
The reshuffle also brings changes to the district administrations of Lahaul and Spiti and Bilaspur. Nivedita Negi, a 2017-batch IAS officer serving as Secretary of the Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission, has been posted as Deputy Commissioner of Lahaul and Spiti, with headquarters at Keylong.
Kiran Bhadana, also a 2017-batch IAS officer, will replace Negi as Deputy Commissioner of Bilaspur. Bhadana was previously serving as Deputy Commissioner of Lahaul and Spiti at Keylong.
The notification was issued by order of the Governor of Himachal Pradesh and signed by Chief Secretary Kamlesh Kumar Pant.
The changes affect senior departmental coordination, the state transport corporation and two district administrations. The government has directed that the new assignments take effect immediately, with the officers expected to assume their respective responsibilities in accordance with the orders.
