20 civil service officers transferred in Punjab

Chandigarh, Apr 11 (UNI) The Punjab government today transferred 20 civil service officers, including eight IAS officers.

According to an official release here, Gurdev Singh Sidhu has been shifted to the rural development and panchayats department as director while Iqbal Singh Sidhu will be the Special Secretary, public grievances and pensions. Anurag Verma, managing director of PSIDC will hold additional charge of Director, Local government.

R k Gupta is the new director for technical education and industrial training while Raj Kumar Chaudhri has been posted as executive director, Punjab Scheduled Caste Land Development and Finance Corporation. Ms Manisha Trighatia has been posted as ACA with the Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA) while Sukhvinder Pal Singh will be the new ADC, Jalandhar.

Ms Shruti Singh has been appointed as SDM, Chamkaur Sahib. In addition the government also shifted 12 Punjab Civil Service (PCS) officers.

Through another order, Mr D S Guru, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister will hold additional charge of the Civil Aviation department in the absence of Mr Vishwajit Khanna. Mr R L Mehta, Special Secretary, Planning will also look after the working of the Punjab State Election Commission in the absence of Mr Ashok Singla. Both Mr Khanna and Mr Singla are away to Uttar Pradesh as Election Observers for the assembly polls.

UNI