Haryana IAS Ashok Khemka is transferred again; “Vested interests win”, the officer reacts

SENIOR Haryana cadre IAS Ashok Khemka is transferred again — 51st time in his 26 years long career, according to reports. After the Haryana government on Sunday announced the transfer of this 1991 batch IAS as principal secretary, sports and youth affairs, Khemka likened his transfer to “crash landing”, adding that “vested interests win”. This is exactly what Khemka tweeted on Sunday:

HARYANA IAS RESHUFFLE: Ashok Khemka transferred to dept of social justice; Rajni Sekhri Sibal, others transferred

IN A major administrative reshuffle at senior level in Haryana, the state government transferred 13 IAS officers including nine additional chief secretaries and three principal secretaries, the most notable being Ashok Khemka of 1991 batch who hogged the limelight during the UPA regime for canceling the mutation of the land deal between Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra and real estate major DLF. Khemka who is currently the principal secretary in the ministry of science and technology in Haryana government will now be…

“Holding a lower rank post is humiliating”; No Achche Din for Haryana IAS Ashok Khemka

1991 BATCH Haryana cadre IAS Ashok Khemka who hit the headlines in 2012 for canceling the mutation of a multi-crore land deal between Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra and realty company DLF, says he is currently holding a low rank post which is “humiliating”. His statement which he had posted in Twitter on Wednesday assumes significance as Vadra figured in BJP’s elections campaign both in the run-up to the Lok Sabha poll and Haryana assembly elections, and Khemka — the bureaucrat who ordered probe in Vadra’s land deal, thereby indirectly (not intentionally) helping the BJP to dislodge the incumbent Congress government, became a big star among the BJP supporters and common people. Now, there is a BJP government in Haryana, but Khemka’s Achche Din is yet to arrive. Khemka said:

Did you miss Khemka’s “Sicilian mafia” comment? And guess why Shailaja Chandra was so happy on Tuesday

Ashok Khemka

DID you miss how Haryana IAS Ashok Khemka compared Vyapam of Madhya Pradesh with Sicilian mafia? Or what former Kerala IAS K Mohandas witnessed in London last week?  And guess which of the two --IAS or IPS Association -- actually condemned “threats and intimidation” of Amitabh Thakur? Finally, why was former IAS Shailaja Chandra so happy on Tuesday? Read on:

Khemka Vs Dhillon, Roshan Lal: Will Haryana IAS war take more twists?

WHISTLE-BLOWER Haryana IAS Ashok Khemka, against whom the state government recently filed two charge-sheets, has accused two of his seniors belonging to 1984 batch, SS Dhillon and Roshan Lal, of “ganging up” against him and “cooking things to suit their own personal interests”. Only recently, Dhillon who is principal secretary to chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, told news channels about the specific charges against Khemka. Many within the corridors fear that…

List of 24 officers short-listed for Harvard; Ashok Khemka a “reserve candidate”

AS MANY as 23 IAS officers and one from Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) have been shortlisted for short-term training programmes at Harvard University. Siginificantly, one of the most influential joint secretaries in the PMO, BVR Subrahmanyam and whistleblower IAS officer of Haryana cadre Ashok Khemka could not make it, as they are shown only as "reserve candidates" in the final list prepared by the DoPT. The prominent officers who are attending those programmes include...

Who is Ashok Khemka? How this Haryana IAS becomes a hero overnight

Khemka: Punished for taking on Vadra?

TILL a few days ago, 47-year-old Haryana IAS Ashok Khemka was one of the hundred faceless bureaucrats who make a little effort to bring about changes in the society but end up getting transferred. This 1991 batch IAS officer was transferred about 40 times in last 21 years. On Tuesday evening, social networking sites are abuzz with messages in support of Khemka who raised the issue of Panchayat land worth crores of rupees being transferred to newly-formed companies with paid-up capital of as little as Rs1 lakh. Khemka has challenged his transfer order though...