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Ordinance issue delays joining of Chandigarh’s chief conservator of forests
It’s been a month since chief conservator of forests and environment Debendra Dalai was transferred out of Chandigarh, but the officer appointed in his place, TC Nautiyal, is yet to assume charge.
It’s been a month since chief conservator of forests and environment Debendra Dalai was transferred out of Chandigarh, but the officer appointed in his place, TC Nautiyal, is yet to assume charge.
Dalai was transferred to Arunachal Pradesh with immediate effect on May 26.
According to the ministry’s order, Dalai, a 1999-batch IFS officer of AGMUT cadre, was to be replaced by TC Nautiyal, chief conservator of forests, Delhi.
When contacted, Nautiyal said, “Due to the ordinance issue in Delhi, several relieving orders are stuck. And the next meeting on the same is scheduled on June 28. We are hopeful that some decision will be taken and I will be relieved.”
The ministry had also ordered the transfer and posting order of Navneet Kumar Srivastava, a 2014-batch, AGMUT-cadre IFS officer, posted as deputy conservator of forests, Delhi, to Chandigarh, and Rushul Garg, a 2018-batch, AGMUT-cadre IFS officer, who was posted as deputy conservator of forests, Jammu and Kashmir, to Chandigarh with immediate effect. They too are yet to join Chandigarh.
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