5 IAS officers transferred, adjusted; another gets addl charge

Excelsior Correspondent

Jammu, Dec 8: The Government tonight ordered transfer and adjustments of five IAS officers and assigned additional charge to another.
Bipul Pathak, Principal Secretary to the Government, Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj has been transferred and posted as Principal Resident Commissioner, JK House, New Delhi relieving Dheeraj Gupta of the additional charge.
Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary to the Government, Power Development Department was transferred and posted as Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department. He shall continue to hold charge of Administrative Secretary, Information Department and Principal Secretary (Coodination) to coordinate with Government of India for review and monitoring of issues/ projects in addition to his own duties.
Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor will hold the charge of Administrative Secretary, Power Development Department and Managing Director, J&K Power Corporation Limited in addition to his own duties.
Mandeep Kaur, Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Planning Development and Monitoring Department has been transferred and posted as Commissioner/ Secretary to the Government, Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.
Prerna Puri, awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department was posted as Secretary to the Government, Information Technology Department relieving Amit Sharma of the additional charge.
Sushma Chauhan, Administrative Secretary, Higher Education Department has been transferred and posted as Administrative Secretary, Planning, Development and Monitoring Department.