Assam forest department has effected a major rejig by promoting and transferring 15 top officials of the department.
The forest department, which earlier in February this year surprised everyone by transferring 12 officials, on Monday effected the reshuffle at a time when the state is under a caretaker government.
According to a notification issued on Monday by GD Tripathi, commissioner and secretary of Assam Forest department, Suman Mahapatra, Chief Conservator of Forests, (SAC), Silchar, is promoted and posted as the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest & CEO (CAMPA) at the PCCF & HoFF office in Guwahati.
Hirdesh Mishra, Chief Conservator of Forests, (Social Forestry), is promoted and posted as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Upper Assam Zone, Guwahati.
Satyendra Singh, Chief Conservator of Forests & CEO (CAMPA), is promoted and posted as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (H.Q), at PCCF & HoFF office in Guwahati.
N Anand, Conservator of Forests, WPO (Upper Assam Circle), Jorhat is promoted and posted as Chief Conservator of Forest (RE&WP), Assam while C. Ramesh, now on Central Deputation as Lecturer, CASFOS, Dehradun has been promoted as Chief Conservator of Forest.
Jatindra Sarma, Conservator of Forests (Northern Assam Circle), Tezpur is promoted as Chief Conservator of Forest (SAC), Silchar and Md. Solman Uddin Choudhury, Conservator of Forests (LASFC), Bongaigaon, is promoted and posted as Chief Conservator of Forest (M&E), at PCCF & HoFF office in Guwahati.
Rajen Choudhury, DFO, Nagaon Division, is promoted and posted as Conservator of Forest (Lower Assam Social Forestry Circle), Bongaigaon.
Anindya Swargowari, APCCF & CHD (Forests), BTC Kokrajhar is transferred and posted as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Admin & Vig.) at PCCF & HoFF office in Guwahati.
Sandeep Kumar, who was posted as APCCF (A&V) at PCCF & HoFF in Guwahati has been transferred as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (T), Lower Assam Zone, Guwahati.
Anurag Singh, CCF (RE&WP), Assam is transferred and posted as CCF-Cum-CHD (Forests), BTR, Kokrajhar.
S.P.Vashishtha, APCCF (T), UAZ, Guwahati is transferred and posted as Addl. PCCF (Social Forestry), Assam.
Bankim Sarma, Conservator of Forest (WL), Assam is transferred and posted as Conservator of Forest (NAC), Tezpur.
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Mazidul Hussain, who was posted as Conservator of Forest (Border & Protection) at CCF (T), LAZ, Guwahati is transferred as CF (WL), at the PCCF & HoFF in Guwahati.
Vasanthan B, DCF attached to CCF (RE&WP) Assam is transferred and posted as DFO, Nagaon Division.
Northeast Now had earlier reported that a section of Forest Department officials was back in the phase of ‘negotiations’ with ‘powerful people’ in the corridors of power in Dispur to ensure transfer to ‘lucrative’ positions.
Some of the officials reportedly had ‘campaigned’ with powerful people in the corridors of power in Dispur for ‘prime postings’.