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PANAJI
In a major administrative reshuffle, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant on Tuesday effected the transfers of 37 officers of the Goa Civil Service with immediate effect, a week after allocating additional portfolios to Cabinet members.
While 27 of these have given up charge of their old posts with immediate effect, 10 officers, will continue holding their current charges till further orders, the order issued by Under Secretary of Personnel -II, Shashank Thakur, has stated.
Michael D’Souza, who was the additional secretary to the CM as well as the additional secretary of Finance has now been posted as the additional secretary of housing, and been given the additional charge of Director of Training, Goa Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (GIPARD). The former Director of GIPARD, Sheru Appa Shirodkar, is now the Member Secretary of Sanjay School for Special Education.
Nikhil Desai, who held charge as the Director of Transport and as MD of the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) will now hold only the latter charge. Replacing him as the Director of Transport is Rajan Satardekar, who up until now was the Director of Panchayats. Meanwhile, Gopal Parsekar has been appointed as the new Director of Panchayats. Parsekar held charge as Additional Collector II of North Goa before transfers were effected.
Arvind Bugde, who was MD of Goa State SC and OBC Finance Development Corporation and ex-officio MS of the Goa State Commission for Backward Classes, will now hold charge as the Director of Handicraft, Textiles and Coir. He will also hold additional charge as CEO of Khadi and Village Industries Board.
Meanwhile, Meghanath Porob has been transferred as MD of Goa State SC and OBC Finance Development Corporation and ex-officio MS of the Goa State Commission for Backward Classes, in Bugde’s stead. Porob was the Director of Small Savings and Lotteries.
Vasudev Shetye, who held charge as Director of Handicraft, Textiles and Coir till Tuesday has now been given charge as Custodian of Evacuee Property, with additional charge of the Goa State Mental Health Authority. Prashant Shirodkar, who held charge as Custodian of Evacuee Property is the new Additional Commissioner of Excise. The former Additional Commissioner of Excise Ajit Pawaskar is now joint secretary (Health).
Meanwhile, Agnelo Fernandes, the Additional Collector I of South Goa, is now the MD of the Goa state ST Finance and Development Corporation.
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