Bhubaneswar: IAS officer Raj Kumar Sharma is to remain in charge of the Health & Family Welfare Department, Odisha, in the absence of IAS officer Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra.
As per an order released by the General Administration & Public Grievance Department on Monday, Additional Chief Secretary of Health Department, Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, has been granted EL for a period of 28 days with effect from September 14 to October 11 on personal grounds.
Accordingly, Agriculture Production Commissioner Raj Kumar Sharma has been allowed to remain in charge of the Health Department in addition to his own duties during the absence of Mohapatra.