Uttarakhand: Administrative officers got posting in Forest Department, decision will be taken on these posts soon

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Dehradun: Senior administrative officers have been posted in Uttarakhand Forest Department on the basis of promotion. However, homework is going on for promotion to other posts in the department. Also, on the basis of the order issued by the state government regarding relaxation, there is also a preparation to give the benefit of promotion to some employees.

In fact, administrative officers in the ministerial cadre were promoted to the post of senior administrative officer. In such a situation, after their promotion, the order of new posting was awaited, for which the order has been issued from the office of Chief Forest Conservator Half.

A total of 12 senior administrative officers have been given new posting in the Forest Department. The senior administrative officers who have been posted on the basis of promotion include

  1. Khashti Ballabh Sanwal
  2. Sandeep Rawat
  3. Pankaj Kumar Mandoliya
  4. Kamla Bhakuni
  5. Bahadur Singh Karki
  6. Mohan Singh Bora
  7. Deepa Sangudi
  8. Prakash Chandra Joshi
  9. Diwan Singh Adhikari
  10. Hari Singh Bisht
  11. Lalita Devi
  12. Ramesh Singh Bisht.

Efforts are also being made to provide the benefit of relaxation

After the government order regarding relaxation by the state government in the Uttarakhand Forest Department, efforts are being made to provide its benefits to the officers and employees of the department. At present, the Human Resources Department in the Forest Department is looking into which cadres can be given the benefit of relaxation. All the employees who can get the benefit of promotion on the basis of government order will be given its benefit. In this, efforts are being made to provide the benefit of relaxation especially for promotion from Forest to Deputy Ranger post. Along with this, preparations are being made to give the benefit of this to the employees in relation to the vacant posts on the remaining posts. Senior personal officers will also get posting soon: At present, the Forest Department is also trying to give posting to senior personal officers soon on the basis of promotion. At present, DPC of these officers has also been done. About 8 senior personal officers are getting the benefit of promotion and after this, they will also be given new posting in the next 15 days. However, homework is going on on this right now, and after the completion of the homework, the order related to it will be issued.

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