Bhubaneswar: The state government on Tuesday transferred nine senior officers of the Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) and issued new postings for them.
The General Administration and Public Grievance Department has issued a notification in this regard.
As per the notification, Gangadhar Nayak has been appointed as Director, Housing & Ex officio Special Secretary in the Housing & Urban Development (H&UD) Department. He will also serve as Managing Director (MD) of the Odisha Urban Housing Board (OUHB) and Odisha Rural Housing & Development Corporation (ORHDC) in Bhubaneswar.
Other notable transfers include Subhananda Mohapatra, who is posted as Director, Housing-cum-ex-officio Additional Secretary to the H&UD Department, and Rajani Kanta Swain, appointed as Secretary of the Odisha Subordinate Staff Selection Commission.
Bishnupriya Sahoo has been transferred to the Co-operation Department, while Ashok Kumar Behuria, joins the GA & PG Department as Additional Secretary.
Similarly, Gayatri Datta Nayak will now serve as Joint Secretary in the P.R. & D.W. Department after her tenure with the Orissa State Disaster Mitigation Authority (OSDMA).
Durjodhan Bhoi and Chandrakanth Mallick have been posted to Zilla Parishad, Kalahandi, and Odisha Computer Application Centre (OCAC), respectively.
Saroj Kumar Panda, Deputy Director, OBC Cell, has been placed at the disposal of the Water Resources Department for his next assignment at the Brutanga Irrigation Project, Daspalla, Nayagarh.