Fourth IAS officer in UP seeks early retirement
2 min readBy IANS
LUCKNOW: After three senior IAS officers sought voluntary retirement from service (VRS), yet one more IAS officer, Vidya Bhushan, has put in his papers.
Bhushan is MD of Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) and has opted for VRS citing “personal reasons”. A 2008-batch officer, Bhushan is at the moment posted in Varanasi.
Bhushan’s request comes shut on the heels of motion taken towards his spouse, IPS officer Alankrita Singh, who was suspended by the state authorities for travelling overseas with out prior data to the authorities involved.
Action towards Singh, additionally a 2008-batch officer, was initiated in April this yr.
In early August, senior IAS officer Renuka Kumar, who was just lately repatriated to the UP cadre from the Centre, the place she was posted as a secretary within the ministry of minority affairs, additionally utilized for voluntary retirement.
Before her, Juthika Patankar, a 1988-batch officer, who was on Central deputation since 2018 and is at the moment posted as further secretary within the ministry of ability improvement and entrepreneurship, additionally sought voluntary retirement.
A 2003-batch officer Vikas Gothalwal had additionally opted for early retirement.
LUCKNOW: After three senior IAS officers sought voluntary retirement from service (VRS), yet one more IAS officer, Vidya Bhushan, has put in his papers.
Bhushan is MD of Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) and has opted for VRS citing “personal reasons”. A 2008-batch officer, Bhushan is at the moment posted in Varanasi.
Bhushan’s request comes shut on the heels of motion taken towards his spouse, IPS officer Alankrita Singh, who was suspended by the state authorities for travelling overseas with out prior data to the authorities involved.
Action towards Singh, additionally a 2008-batch officer, was initiated in April this yr.
In early August, senior IAS officer Renuka Kumar, who was just lately repatriated to the UP cadre from the Centre, the place she was posted as a secretary within the ministry of minority affairs, additionally utilized for voluntary retirement.
Before her, Juthika Patankar, a 1988-batch officer, who was on Central deputation since 2018 and is at the moment posted as further secretary within the ministry of ability improvement and entrepreneurship, additionally sought voluntary retirement.
A 2003-batch officer Vikas Gothalwal had additionally opted for early retirement.
