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Sudhir Rajpal is Haryana’s new home secy, Sumita Misra to head revenue
In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, Arun Kumar Gupta, principal secretary to the CM, has been handed the additional responsibility of ACS, finance and planning.
The Haryana government on Tuesday appointed 1990-batch IAS officer Sudhir Rajpal as additional chief secretary (ACS), home, jails, criminal investigation and administration of justice.
Rajpal will also retain the environment, forests and wildlife departments.
His batchmate, Sumita Misra, who was already functioning as financial commissioner, Revenue (FCR), as a link officer, was formally appointed. She was also given the charge of ACS health, medical education and research, and Ayush, a department till now handled by Rajpal.
Principal secretary to the chief minister (CM), Arun Gupta, was given the additional charge of ACS, finance and planning.
Additional principal secretary to the CM, Saket Kumar, was given the additional charge of commissioner and secretary, urban local bodies department. Kumar will continue to hold the charge of commissioner and secretary, development and panchayats, and managing director, Haryana Power Generation Corporation.
Vinay Kumar, an Indian Railway Personnel Service officer, was posted as the commissioner of the Panchkula Municipal Corporation. He will also serve as the officer on special duty (OSD) for the Haryana Staff Selection Commission.
