Ranka has put together team of 94-batch IAS officers in CMO replacing Kumar’s core team
A check and (batch) mate game appears to be on in the first bureaucratic reshuffle of 40 IAS officers by the Gehlot government.
The 1993 batch officers who were holding the top most portfolios in the chief minister office and the secretariat till now have been replaced by their juniors belonging to the batch of 1994, and there is reason for this.
When former chief minister Vasundhara Raje assumed office on December 13, 2013, she appointed Tanmay Kumar as her secretary within a week. A 93 batch officer, Tanmay emerged a power centre and gripped his clutches in the CMO and the secretariat.
After his appointment to the highest office, his batch mate IAS officers, who got training along with him—Akhil Arora, Aparna Arora, Shikhar Agrawal and Alok—got appointment on cream posts.
Arora, who has been made principal secretary in social department in Tuesday’s transfers, was till now appointed in planning department while Agrawal, after returning from deputation from New Delhi, was rewarded the post of Jaipur Development Commissioner (JDC), a much sought after post among the bureaucrats. Alok, meanwhile, served in important departments including Energy, Revenue and Energy till the time Tanmay was the CM secretary.
As the Gehlot government resumed office, the 94 batch officers fell out of favour and all were shunted out. It could be called a coincidence or a ‘deliberate’ exercise that their one batch junior officers of 93 batch were appointed on important posts as the new government took charge.
Kuldeep Ranka was appointed principal secretary to the CM, replacing Tammay who got posting as Commissioner of Command Area Development. Along with Ranka, his batch mates were ‘crowned’ with important portfolios.
Naresh Pal Gangwar, principal secretary planning, Roli Singh, principal secretary higher and technical education and Sreya Guha, principal secretary tourism, all Ranka’s batch mates, were appointed in the latest reshuffle. The 93 batch officers, barring some exceptions, have returned to the ‘power’ finally.
“It happens that any officer appointed as CM secretary works to get plum posts to the batch mates. The trend may be witnessed in coming reshuffling,” said an IAS officer on the condition of anonymity.
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