Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel (File photo)
Changes in Gujarat Bureaucracy: The Gujarat government has made a major reshuffle in the bureaucracy on Wednesday. The Bhupendra Patel government has transferred 18 senior officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and assigned them new responsibilities. The list also includes three officers who have returned to the state cadre after completing their tenure at the Center and the Auroville Foundation.
According to a notification released by the General Administration Department (GAD), T Natarajan, an IAS officer of Gujarat cadre and serving as Additional Secretary, Department of Defense Production at the Centre, has been appointed as Principal Secretary in the State Finance Department.
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Jayanthi Ravi, another IAS officer of Gujarat cadre and returned from working as secretary at Auroville Foundation in Tamil Nadu, has been posted as additional chief secretary (ACS) in the revenue department, according to a notification issued. At the same time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s former private secretary Rajeev Topno has returned to Gujarat after his stint at the World Bank.
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Rajiv Topo has been appointed by the Gujarat government as the state’s chief tax commissioner in Ahmedabad. He will replace Aarti Kanwar who is holding the post of Chief Commissioner. There itself. He will also hold the additional charge of Principal Secretary (Finance) of TOP till T Natarajan takes charge.
Manoj Kumar will be Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister
According to the notification, in another significant reshuffle, Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue Department Manoj Kumar Das has been transferred and posted as Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister. Manoj Kumar Das will also hold additional charge of ACS (Home) besides being Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister.
At the same time, the notification said that Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister, Pankaj Joshi will hold the additional charge of the post of ACS (Ports and Transport). ACS Sunaina Tomar of the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has been transferred and posted as ACS (Education).
