Odisha Govt effects reshuffle in OAS cadre

Surjit Kumar Dhal, Bhubaneswar, Aug 23: Odisha government on Thursday effected a bureaucratic rejig in the senior Odisha Administrative Officer (OAS) cadre transferring as many as seven officials.

          Jharsuguda Collector Jyotiranjan Pradhan who was suspended on the orders of Orissa High court and reinstated subsequently after tendering an unconditional apology has been appointed Collector Bargarh district.

Pradhan was suspended for violating a High Court order in connection with the cancellation of liquor license.

He has been replace by Saroj Kumar Samal.

The State government appointed senior OAS officer Sarat Chandra Mishra as Special Secretary of Labour and ESI department and Banani Mohanty as Additional Secretary of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment department, an official release said.

OAS officer Santosh Sahoo has been appointed as the new Joint Secretary of Board of Revenue while Biswaranjan Rath has been made the Assistant Project Director of DRDA, Sundergarh district while Indramani Tripathy, who was working as Bargarh Collector, has been appointed as managing director of the Odisha State Civil Supplies Corporation.