Patna: The Bihar government has reshuffled the responsibilities of four IAS officers, with the General Administration Department issuing a notification on Thursday evening.
CK Anil has been appointed Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of the Education Department, while Arvind Kumar Chaudhary and Amit Kumar Pandey have been assigned additional responsibilities in the Agriculture Department. Pankaj Kumar, Principal Secretary of the Home Department, has been relieved of his additional charge as Vigilance Commissioner in the General Administration Department.
CK Anil appointed Education Department ACS
CK Anil, who was serving as an adviser to the Bihar State Planning Board in Patna, has been transferred and appointed Additional Chief Secretary of the Education Department.
Anil is a 1991-batch Bihar Administrative Service officer. During his tenure as Siwan district magistrate, he had a confrontation with Mohammad Shahabuddin.
He has been posted to the department headed by Mithilesh Tiwari. The appointment comes around four months after the Education Department’s senior administrative position fell vacant following Dr B Rajender’s move to central deputation on July 31.
Arvind Kumar Chaudhary gets additional Agriculture charge
Arvind Kumar Chaudhary, a 1995-batch IAS officer serving as Additional Chief Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat Department, has been assigned additional charge as Additional Chief Secretary of the Agriculture Department.
He will continue to hold his existing responsibilities as Controller of Examinations of the Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board and Director General of the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC).
Amit Kumar Pandey also assigned Agriculture responsibilities
Amit Kumar Pandey, a 2014-batch IAS officer currently serving as Additional Secretary in the Revenue and Land Reforms Department, has been given additional charge as Additional Secretary in the Agriculture Department until further orders.
Pankaj Kumar relieved of vigilance commissioner charge
Pankaj Kumar, a 1997-batch IAS officer serving as Principal Secretary of the Home Department, has been relieved of his additional responsibility as Vigilance Commissioner in the General Administration Department.
He had been handling the vigilance commissioner role alongside his existing responsibilities in the Home Department.
