Karnataka Government Reshuffles Senior IAS Officers with Additional Responsibilities
The Karnataka government announced a minor bureaucratic reshuffle on June 10, reassigning additional responsibilities to several IAS officers and transferring one officer to the Social Welfare Department. The changes include Anjum Parwez taking concurrent charge of the Public Works Department and Rajender Kumar Kataria assuming additional charge of the Home Department. The reshuffle reflects routine administrative adjustments to fill vacancies and redistribute workload among senior officials.
Karnataka's Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms issued a notification on June 10 effecting a minor reshuffle in the senior bureaucracy. Anjum Parwez, Additional Chief Secretary of the Forest, Ecology and Environment Department, was given concurrent charge of the Public Works Department following Amlan Aditya Biswas's transfer. Rajender Kumar Kataria, Additional Chief Secretary of the Revenue Department, received concurrent charge of the Home Department. Mohan Raj K.P. was transferred from Housing to Social Welfare Department while retaining concurrent charge of Housing. Additionally, Selvamani R., Commissioner for Transport and Road Safety, was assigned concurrent charge as Managing Director of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, and Dr. Mahesh M. from the 2017 IAS batch was appointed Managing Director of the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board.
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IAS transfers: Several officers in Karnataka given additional charge
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