Gujarat IAS Ananya Das transferred to Odisha on grounds of marriage to Muhammed Abdaal Akhtar

Ananya Das, 2015 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, has been transferred from Gujarat cadre to Odisha cadre on grounds of marriage to Muhammed Abdaal Akhtar, 2015 batch Odisha cadre IAS. Ananya, 28, originally belongs to Assam, according to DoPT records. In her social media handle, she calls herself an IAS officer, semi-voracious bookworm, amateur painter and the last but not the least an…

IAS-IPS Marriage: Jitendra Dudi transferred to Maharashtra cadre after his marriage to IPS Aanchal Dalal

THE government has transferred 2016 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS, Jitendra Dudi, from Jharkhand to Maharashtra cadre on the ground of marriage to 2018 batch Maharashtra cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Ms Aanchal Dalal. Twenty eight years old Dudi originally belongs to Rajasthan’s Jaipur. Late last year, he served as assistant secretary in the GoI’s department of heavy industries when he was in Delhi for his mandatory 13-week-long attachment to…

Babu Marriage: Gargi Jain transferred to Gujarat cadre on grounds of marriage to Vishal Gupta; 4 railway officers empanelled as JS

Jain, Gupta (Photo Courtesy: Couple's personal wedding site) 

Gargi Jain, 2015 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer, has been transferred from Karnataka cadre to Gujarat cadre on the ground of marriage to Vishal Gupta, 2012 batch Gujarat cadre IAS. The couple was married almost a year ago, at a venue in Rajasthan’s Alwar. “It all started over a cold coffee and a 3 minutes activa ride,” Ms Jain wrote in a website launched ahead of the wedding, narrating how the couple first met and got attracted to each other. “A phone call by me started with a doubt about urban SHGs ends in a 'Yes, I love you' message from him on my…

IAS-IPS TIES: IAS Akriti Sagar transferred to AGMUT cadre on the ground of marriage to IPS Sudhanshu

THE government has approved the inter-cadre transfer of Ms Akriti Sagar, 2016 batch Karnataka cadre IAS from Karnataka to AGMUT cadre on the ground of her marriage to 2016 batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer, Sudhanshu. Aakriti Sagar, 26, originally belongs to a small town of Uttar Pradesh

Babu Marriage: Anuj Malik gets transferred to Uttar Pradesh on ground of marriage

Ms Anuj Malik, a 2017 batch AGMUT cadre IAS, has been transferred from AGMUT cadre  to Uttar Pradesh cadre on the grounds of marriage to Gaurav Singh Sogarwal, also a 2017 batch IAS belonging to Uttar Pradesh. When Sogarwal cracked the UPSC examination of 2016, there were  a number of media reports about him on how he lost his…

3 New IAS Couples: Who are they; and which partner opts for cadre change

Nitin Gaur-Saumya Pandey (Photo: A YouTube video grab)

THE government’s personnel department, DoPT, on Tuesday gave its nod to cadre change of three IAS officers on the ground of marriage. Whereas one officer changes cadre from Manipur to Maharashtra, the other two officers change their cadres from AGMUT to Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh to Uttar Pradesh. The three IAS couples are the following:

Babu Marriage: IAS toppers Tina Dabi and Athar Aamir Khan get married in Kashmir

Tina Dabi, Athar Aamir Khan (Photo Courtesy: Tina Dabi Instagram)

THERE is nothing new in two IAS officers falling in love during probation in Mussoorie’s IAS academy, LBSNAA, and then getting married. But on Sunday, the marriage of Tina Dabi and Athar Aamir Khan at a Pahalgam resort in the trouble-torn Kashmir Valley was the talking point both among officers and also in social media. But why? First, the IAS couple who…

2017 batch IAS Ms Anju Arun Kumar transferred to MP cadre on grounds of marriage; IES Chanchal Sarkar appointed director at SAARC Secretariat, Nepal

THE government has transferred 2017 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS Anju Arun Kumar from Tamil Nadu to Madhya Pradesh cadre on the grounds of marriage to 2014 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS Arun Kumar Vishwakarma. A B.Tech from NIT Calicut, Anju was first selected as an IRS before getting into IAS. The government has also given its nod for inter-cadre deputation of...

CORRIDORS TREND 2017, PART 2: How government changed rules for ease of marriage among All India Services officers

THERE’S nothing new in marriages among All India Services officers -- IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service. But 2017 saw the resolution of a unique case where the existing service rules had to be altered thanks to the marriage of an IPS-IAS couple and seeking of a common cadre. In fact, this unique case cropped up in the month of February 2016 when government found it difficult to accord inter-cadre transfer of P Parthiban, a 2011 batch AGMUT cadre IAS and his spouse Nisha Parthiban, 2011 batch IPS, to a common cadre on grounds of marriage; the matter finally got resolved in August this year. The Parthiban couple belonged to...

How a unique case of an IPS-IAS couple triggered the Centre to ease cadre change rules on grounds of marriage

THE Central government has changed the service rules to make it easy for married IAS and IPS officers to get the same cadre state, according to media reports published on Monday. According to the reports, prime minister Narendra Modi took special initiatives to get the existing rules amended. But what triggered the government to change the rules which received nods from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)? The issue originated in a unique case that cropped up in February 2016 in which…

4 IAS repatriated to Bihar; 1 IAS allowed to change name; and another gets nod for cadre change on grounds of marriage

THE government on Wednesday decided to repatriate four Bihar cadre IAS officers, two of them — Sunil Kumar Singh of 1983 batch and Dr Subhas Sharma of 1984 batch — being very senior, as their batch mates are already union secretaries. The repatriation order approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, came in less than a month after the change of government in Patna with chief minister Nitish Kumar deciding to junk its ally RJD and partnering with its old ally, the BJP. The two other IAS officers who were also repatriated to Bihar on Wednesday were…

Babu Marriage: Sarneet Kaur Broca transferred to UP cadre on grounds of marriage to Prathamesh Kumar; Sanjay Goyal gets inter-cadre deputation

THE government on Monday transferred Ms. Sarneet Kaur Broca, 2016 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS from Madhya Pradesh cadre to Uttar Pradesh cadre on grounds of marriage to Prathamesh Kumar, her batch mate belonging to Uttar Pradesh cadre. 27-year-old Ms Broca belongs to…

Govt approves cadre change of Shashvat Saurabh on grounds of marriage; Tapan Ray given additional charge of DEA

THE government has accorded its nod in cadre change of Shashvat Saurabh, 2016 batch Sikkim cadre IAS from Sikkim cadre to AGMUT cadre on grounds of marriage to Ms Soumya, a 2014 batch AGMUT cadre IAS. Also, the Central government has approved the proposal for cadre change of Rohitashva Singh Tomar, 2016 batch Tripura cadre IAS from Tripura cadre to Rajasthan cadre on grounds of…

“No” to inter cadre transfer request of Bihar cadre IPS Saurav Kumar Shah; “Yes” to Jayshree Bhoj’s request for premature repatriation

NOT allowing the inter cadre transfer of 2009 batch Bihar cadre IPS Saurav Kumar Shah on grounds of marriage to AGMUT cadre IAS Ms Tanvi Garg -- to give its nod to premature repatriation of Jayshree Bhoj, 2003 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS from Uttar Pradesh cadre to Maharashtra cadre, a high-powered DoPT committee headed by its secretary last week took a call on seven proposals on cadre change, inter cadre deputation etc. Here are those 7 decisions, according to the minutes of the meeting held on March 29.

More about the IAS couple of Chandigarh-Panchkula -- Gauri Prasher Joshi and Ajit Balaji Joshi

Pinjore Garden in Panchkula

LAST WEEK, 2009 batch Odisha cadre IAS Gauri Prasher Joshi was appointed as deputy commissioner of Panchkula, a planned Haryana city adjoining the union territory of Chandigarh that houses the capitals of both Punjab and Haryana. Significantly, Chandigarh’s deputy commissioner and 2003 batch IAS Ajit Balaji Joshi of Haryana cadre is Gauri Prasher’s husband. With Gauri Prasher’s appointment, Panchkula gets third deputy commissioner in one year. A product of St. Stephens college, Ms Joshi did her journalism from…

MTNL to remain without a permanent CMD for longer; Oriental Insurance too joins the list of headless entities

TWO major government-run companies — Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd (MTNL) and Oriental Insurance Company Ltd will continue to be run without permanent CMDs as their regular heads are still being searched for, and the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet in the meantime, gave its nod to adhoc postings. According to order issued on Tuesday, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister, approved the proposal of…

An IAS couple's road and roadblocks for a common cadre; what CAT, DoPT have to say

INTER cadre transfer of this IAS couple — 2008 batch Assam cadre IAS S Viswanathan and 2008 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS Ms JP Irene Cynthia — to a third cadre has hit the roadblocks even after they had approached the Guwahati Bench of the CAT which in turn directed their case to the Central government. On Friday last, a DoPT meeting chaired by secretary Bhanu Pratap Sharma rejected the proposal for…

IAS, IPS couple choose Gujarat as common cadre; Govt may bend rules to ensure they live together

THE Central government is likely to bend existing rules to give the post-marriage life of IAS officer P Parthiban and IPS officer Ms Nisha Parthiban a happy ending. As BoI had written on a post dated February 5, cadre change of the officers— 2011 batch AGMUT cadre IAS P Parthiban and 2011 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS Nisha Parthiban— could not be done under existing policies of inter-cadre transfers on the grounds of marriage. But in a DoPT secretary-chaired meeting held on April 13, it was decided that the panel will…

IAS R Alice Vaz and IPS SS Yadav: This couple has to wait longer before they can be together

THIS IAS-IPS couple has to wait longer before they can work in the same cadre and stay together. 2005 batch IAS Ms R Alice Vaz is posted in West Bengal, and she won’t be getting a transfer to AGMUT cadre where IPS husband of 1997 batch, SS Yadav, is posted. The DoPT after a detailed examination on March 31 decided to process the case of Ms R Alice asking for a cadre change to AGMUT on grounds of marriage, only after…

Babu Marriage: Why cadre change proposal of this IAS-IPS couple forces DoPT to frame new rules

MARRIAGE among all India services officers and their subsequent cadre change are considered common in bureaucracy in India. But on Tuesday, a unique case cropped up during a meeting held under the chairmanship of DoPT secretary Sanjay Kothari, as it was found that the cadre-change proposal did not come under existing policies of inter-cadre transfers on ground of marriage. The case is regarding inter-cadre transfer request by P Parthiban, 2011 batch AGMUT cadre IAS and his spouse Nisha Parthiban, 2011 batch IPS to a common cadre on ground of marriage. But the problem arose because…