Administrative shake-up: 14 IAS officials transferred and posted

Ranchi : In a major administrative reshuffle the state government transferred and posted 14 senior officials of the Indian Administrative Service. A notification in this regard has been issued by the Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Rajbhasa department.

As per the notification Divisional Commissioner of North Chottanagpur (Hazaribagh) Vimal has been appointed as the new Divisional Commissioner of Santhal Pargana (Dumka). DC Bokaro Kripanand Jha has been transferred as Director Industries and has been given additional charge of MD JIIDCO and Project Director of Jharkhand State Skill Mission Society.

Director Primary School Education Binod Kumar has been made the Divisional Commissioner of South Chottanagpur (Ranchi) while Special Secretary of the Urban Development and Housing Department Arvind Kumar has been appointed as Divisional Commissioner South Chottanagpur (Ranchi). DC Jamtara Jata Shankar Chowdhary has been moved as Director Middle Education while Town Commissioner Giridih Ganesh Kumar gas been appointed the new DC of Jamtara.

DC Giridih Rajesh Kumar Pathak has been made special secretary of the agriculture and animal husbandry department and has been also given additional charge as Director Horticulture.