In a massive reshuffle, 222 RAS officers have been transferred while 13 officers were given additional charge. An IAS officer, who has recently been promoted from RAS officer – Harphool Singh Yadav – has been put on awaiting posting order (APO). He was serving as additional commissioner, Command Area Development (CAD), Kota.
Mohan Dan Ratnu, who was serving as additional commissioner in commercial tax department, has been picked up by chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma to serve as his officer on special duty (OSD).
Pankaj Ojha, who first earned name for conducting raids on food joints under Shudh ke liye Yudh campaign and later came under scanner of anti corruption bureau (ACB, has been transferred as director Gopalan.
Vibhu Kaushik, who was serving as executive director, Rajasthan Medical Corporation Limited (RMCL), has been transferred as additional director State Insurance Provident Fund department.
Ashok Kumar Yogi, who was serving as deputy secretary forest department, has been transferred as special assistant (SA) to forest minister Sanjay Sharma.
Pushkar Mittal, who was trapped by ACB in the bribery case, has now got a posting on the post of SDO after four and a half years.
Mittal was caught taking a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from the highway company while he was the SDM of Dausa.
Pushkar Mittal was on APO after being reinstated from suspension in July this year. Now he has been posted as SDO in Manoharthana in Jhalawar.
Another RAS officer, Pinky Meena, who was also caught along with Mittal while she was SDM Bandikui, however could not get posting. She is still under suspension.
Mittal remained in jail, later got bail from the High Court. He was suspended in January 2021 after being caught in a bribery case, then reinstated in July.
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