Major bureaucratic reshuffle in West Bengal
In a major IAS-cadre reshuffleeffected by the West Bengal government, Poonambalam S, who wasthe district magistrate (DM) of Darjeeling, has been made thenew joint secretary in the land and land reforms departmentand Shashank Sethi succeeded him, a notification said.
Sethi was earlier the managing director of PaschimBanga Agri Marketing Corporation and a project director in thePublic Health Engineering department.
Incidentally, the Darjeeling DM was transferred hoursafter he met West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who ispresently on a month-long visit to the Hills.
Government sources said it was a routine transfer.
The administrative rejig was effected for those whohave been holding a post for nearly or more than three years,in accordance with Election Commission (EC) norms, they said.
It came just a week before the EC holds an all-partymeeting to discuss matter regarding the upcoming assemblypolls in the state.
Sumit Gupta, who was the executive director of WestBengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC), has beenappointed as the DM of North 24 Parganas, and Mohammed EnaurRahman will be taking over as the district magistrate of PurbaBardhaman. Abhijit Mukhopadhyay has been made the new DM ofPurulia, the notification issued on Monday said.
Similarly, Partha Ghosh has been posted as the new DMof Nadia, while Moumita Godara Basu named as Jalpaiguridistrict magistrate. Vijay Bharti, the Purba Bardhaman DM,replaced Basu while Vibhu Goel, the former Nadia DM, steppedinto the shoes of Ghosh in Purba Medinipur.
Abhishek Kumar Tiwary, who was the DM of Jalpaiguri,was named as the joint secretary of the state higher educationdepartment. Chaitali Chakrabarti, who held the post ofdistrict magistrate of North 24 Parganas, has been shifted tothe state home department as a special secretary.
A Subbiah, the principal secretary of the backwardclasses welfare department and MD of the West Bengal EssentialCommodities Supply Corporation, was given the additionalcharge of commissioner in the Medinipore Division.
According to the notification, Vandana Yadav, asecretary of the Industry, Commerce and Enterprises departmentand director of the WBIDC, has been given additional charge asthe secretary of the Public Enterprise and IndustrialReconstruction department.
Pritha Sarkar, who was also a secretary in Industry,Commerce and Enterprises department, has been made thecommissioner of the Presidency Division, the notificationadded.
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