What next for 2005 batch IAS OP Choudhary? Is he contesting assembly poll on a BJP ticket?

Choudhary while receiving the PM's award (File Photo) 

IN A major development in Chhattisgarh last week, 2005 batch IAS officer OP Choudhary resigned from the elite service, making his peers surprised and also raising speculations about his next move. If the media reports are to be believed, Choudhary who was the Raipur district collector till recently, may join the ruling party, BJP, and contest from the assembly constituency of…

Doctor-turned IAS Anu Aggarwal deemed to have resigned; but why?

DOCTOR-turned IAS Anu Aggarwal, belonging to Nagaland cadre of 2001 batch, is deemed to have resigned from IAS because of unauthorized leaves for over five years. The resignation will have a retrospective effect from September 1, 2015. The DoPT notification issued on Tuesday and signed by a deputy secretary-level officer reads as follows:

More about Renuka Chidambaram— the IAS who is deemed to have resigned

Renuka Chidambaram (Photo Courtesy: UN)

IAS officer of 1985 batch — Ms Renuka Chidambaram of Karnataka cadre who has been out of duty for almost three years now is deemed to have resigned with effect from July 1, 2013, adding one more name to the list of officers taking up foreign postings and deciding not to continue as IAS. According to Government of India records, Ms Chidambaram, now aged 57, was last posted as a senior political affairs officer in United Nations Mission in Sudan in 2010. She was then on deputation from the Government of India. Earlier, she was on leave between 2007 and 2010. Her batch mates are now…