Bhubaneswar: Eight OAS officers were posted as private secretaries/OSDs to different ministers in Odisha.
A notification issued by the General Administration Department stated that BDA Joint Commissioner Biswaranjan Rath was transferred and posted as private secretary to Deputy Chief Minister and Women & Child Development Minister Pravati Parida.
Pradeep Kumar Sahoo, who was Additional Secretary of the Agriculture Department, has been posted as private secretary to Revenue & Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari.
Bhubaneswar sub-collector Mahendra Panda was appointed as private secretary to Commerce & Transport and Steel & Mines Minister Bibhuti Bhushan Jena.
Additional District Magistrate in Bhadrak Sambit Kumar Garnayak has been posted as private secretary to Law, Works and Excise Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan while Trinath Majhi, Rayagada Additional District Magistrate, has been transferred as private secretary to School & Mass Education and ST&SC Development Minister Nityananda Gond, the notification added.
Pratap Chandra Pradhan, Additional Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad in Ganjam was transferred as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the office of Minister of State for Fisheries & ARD, MS & ME Gokulananda Mallik.
Manoj Kumar Behera, BDA Land Officer will work as OSD in the office of Deputy Chief Minister and Women & Child Development Minister Pravati Parida.
General Manager, OSDMA Sampad Kumar Dalai has been shifted as OSD in the office of Higher Education and Sports & Youth Services Minister Suryabanshi Suraj
