Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday effected a minor reshuffle in the IAS cadre, giving new appointments to eight officers. Bishnupada Sethi has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities department. He was serving as Office on Special Duty (OSD) to General Administration & Public Grievance (GA&PG) department.
According to the GA&PG department’s notification, Special Secretary of Planning & Convergence department Bhaskar Jyoti Sharma has been posted as Commissioner of Land Records & Settlement.
Similarly, B Parameswaran, who is Director-cum-Additional Secretary to Government, Drinking Water & Sanitation, PR&DW department with additional charge of SPD, OHEPEE has been appointed as Commissioner of Consolidation. He will be replaced by Arindam Dakua, who is currently serving as Director of Special Project, PR&DW department.
“The post of Commissioner, Land Records & Settlement, Odisha, Cuttack, is declared equivalent in status and responsibility to the post of Special Secretary provided in the IAS Cadre of the state. Similarly, the post of Commissioner, Consolidation, Bhubaneswar is declared equivalent in status and responsibility to the post of Additoinal Secretary provided in the IAS Cadre of the state,” the notification stated.
Ramashis Hazra, Director of AH & VS, is allowed to remain in additional charge of President, Board of Secondary Education (BSE), replacing Jyoti Prakash Das, who has been appointed as Director, Special Project, PR & DW Department. Das will remain in additional charge of Director, ROTI.
Similarly, Indramani Tripathy has been appointed as Director, ST. He will continue to remain in additional charge of Additional Secretary to Government, ST & SC Dev, M & BCW Department and Director, SC & STRTI.
Financial Advisor, Board of Revenue, Subrata Satapathy will remain in additional charge of Inspector General of Registration, it added.
