Himachal Pradesh: Four IAS officers promoted, Omkar Sharma and Anuradha Thakur made additional chief secretaries

IAS officers Omkar Sharma and Anuradha Thakur have become additional chief secretaries. Both these officers of 1994 cadre have been promoted after completing 30 years of service in IAS. On completing 25 years as IAS, Dr. Amandeep Garg and Pushpendra Rajput have been made Principal Secretaries. Anuradha Thakur and Pushpendra Rajput are currently on central deputation, hence both these officers have been promoted on proforma basis. After returning to Himachal Pradesh, they will be given promoted designations. A notification in this regard was issued by the Personnel Department on Wednesday.

Additional Chief Secretaries Omkar Sharma and Anuradha Thakur will get Rs 2,25,000 in the apex scale of level 17 of the pay matrix. Dr. Amandeep Garg and Pushpendra Rajput will get the pay matrix of Super Time Scale of IAS Level 15. Omkar Sharma currently has the responsibility of Revenue, Jal Shakti and Tribal Development Department. Anuradha Thakur is working as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in the Government of India. Both these officers are IAS officers of 1994 batch. Dr. Amandeep Garg and Pushpendra Rajput are 1999 batch IAS officers. Dr. Garg has the responsibility of Personnel and Forest Department. Pushpendra Rajput is working as Additional Secretary in Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi.

The number of principal secretaries in the state government increased to five

With the promotion of Dr. Amandeep Garg, the number of principal secretaries in the state government has now increased to five. Presently Bharat Kheda, RD Nazim, Manish Garg and Devesh Kumar are working on the post of Principal Secretary. On the other hand, Omkar Sharma will be the only Additional Chief Secretary in the state government. Nisha Singh and Sanjay Gupta, who held the post of Additional Chief Secretary, have been appointed to other posts by the government.

Rohru, Kangra and Palampur get new SDMs

The state government has appointed three IAS officers kept in leave reserve as SDM in Rohru, Kangra and Palampur. In the notification issued by the Personnel Department, Ishant Jaswal, working on the post of Assistant Commissioner (Leave Reserve) Chamba, has been transferred to Kangra, Vijay Vardhan, working on the post of Assistant Commissioner (Leave Reserve) Mandi, Rohru and Assistant Commissioner (Leave Reserve) Solan. Working Netra Meti has been appointed SDM in Palampur. On the other hand, HAS officers Somil Gautam, Sunny Sharma and Dr. Amit Guleria, who are holding the charge of SDM in these three areas, have been asked to report to the Personnel Department for new appointments.