Bhubaneswar: Six Odisha Administrative Services (OAS) officers were posted as Private Secretaries/Officers on Special Duty (OSDs) to different ministers in Odisha.
A notification issued by the General Administration Department stated that ADM, Kendrapada, Shri Pitambar Samal, OAS (SAG) transferred and posted as private secretary to the Minister of State (Independent Charge), Co-operation, Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts, Pradeep Bal Samanta.
Dillip Kumar Mohapatra, ADM, Boudh, was transferred and posted as private secretary to the Minister of State, Forest, Environment and Climate Change, Labour and Employee’s State Insurance, Ganesh R. Singkhuntia.
Similarly, Madhusudan Behera, Joint Secretary to Government, W&CD Department, was appointed as private secretary to Minister Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare, Science and Technology, Krushna Chandra Patra.
Dr Badal Kumar Mohanty, CDO-cum-EO, Zilla Parishad, Khordha, was appointed as private secretary to the Minister of State, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, Gokulananda Mallik.
OSD, Sports & YS Department, Sidhartha Sankar Sahu was transferred and posted as OSD in the office of Minister of State, Industries, Skill Development & Technical Education, Sampad Chandra Swain.
Ashish Kumar Bhoi, Deputy Secretary to Government, ST & SC Development, M & BCW Department with charge of Secretary, State Level Advisory Unit (SLAU), Special Development Council (SDC), Bhubaneswar, was shifted as OSD in the office of the Minister, S & ME, ST & SC Development, M & BCW, SS & EPD, Nityananda Gond.
