Gurgaon: The Haryana government on Friday appointed Vikas Gupta as the new commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon. It was the only vacant top post in the city after the state government reshuffled the bureaucracy across the state — including Gurgaon deputy commissioner, HUDA administrator and divisional commissioner — last week.Â
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The 2001 batch IAS officer, who is likely to take charge on Monday, is presently the director and secretary of urban local bodies and mission director of state urban livelihood mission and state urban development authority. Gupta has been the director for the last 14 months. Gupta brings with him vast amount of experience in managing urban development. He was the commissioner of Rohtak Municipal Corporation and also the deputy commissioner of the district when Bhupinder Singh Hooda was the chief minister.Â
The Haryana government on Friday night issued transfer and posting orders of 128 Haryana Civil Service (HCS) officers with immediate effect.
The BJP government, which came to power for the first time in the state’s history after the October 15 Assembly polls, has so far reshuffled nearly 100 IAS officers that includes top bureaucrats as well, PTI reported.
Meanwhile, the HCS officers from across the state and various departments have been transferred in the latest reshuffle.
Among the HCS officers who have been shuffled include Mukul Kumar, Sub Divisional Officer (Civil)-cum-Additional Collector, Ballabgarh, who will be Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Haryana Chief Minister, against a vacant post.
Dinesh Singh Yadav, awaiting orders of posting, becomes Administrator, Haryana Urban Development Authority, Rohtak against a vacant post, the release said.
Ashok Kumar Garg, Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Gurgaon, becomes Zonal Administrator, Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board (HSAMB), Gurgaon in place of Alka Chaudhary.
Jaibir Singh Arya, Additional Chief Electoral Officer, becomes Managing Director, Sugar Mills, Rohtak, against a vacant post.
V K Dahiya, Secretary, HSAMB, has been posted as City Magistrate at Nuh in place of Pratap Singh.