On March 8, the Union ministry of health and family welfare had notified Dr Singh’s appointment in place of Dr NK Panda, professor and head of ENT department, who was holding the officiating charge of dean (academic)
Since he retired on August 31, 2022, from the post of additional director, industries and commerce, the officer cannot be given appointment; Only a member of the state service could be appointed to IAS as per regulations, said DoPT
In January 2022, Charanjit Singh Channi-led Congress government appointed VK Bhawra, a 1987-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, as the state’s new director general of police (DGP)
Lawyers of the Allahabad high court abstained from judicial work on Tuesday as they protested the ‘curtailment’ of the jurisdiction of the Central Administrative Tribunal