Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officers Saswat Mishra, Vishal Kumar Dev and Usha Padhee were on Saturday promoted to the rank of Additional Chief Secretary in Odisha.
The state government’s General Administration and Public Grievance department issued a notification on the promotion of the trio, all of whom are 1996-batch Odisha cadre IA
S officers.
The three senior bureaucrats have been allowed to continue with their current postings till further orders.
They have been promoted to the Apex Grade, that is Level 17 of the Pay Matrix in IAS, with effect from February 1 in accordance with the sub-rule (2)(i) of rule of 3 of the IAS (Pay) Rules, 2016.
Mishra is serving as Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, while Dev is Principal Secretary to Energy Department. Padhee is Principal Secretary to the Housing & Urban Development department and Commerce & Transport department in the state.
Another 1996-batch IAS officer Vir Vikram Yadav, who is on central deputation, has been promoted to the Apex Grade Level 17 of the Pay Matrix in IAS.