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| B V R Subrahmanyam new CS of JK; Vyas, Vijay Kumar to be advisors to Governor | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 20: B V R Subrahmanyam was today appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Jammu & Kashmir.
Subrahmanyam would replace Bharat Bhushan Vyas as the chief secretary of the state. Earlier in the day President Ram Nath Kovind imposed Governor's rule in the state.
An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of 1987 batch, Subrahmanyam is expected to be here in a day or two to join his new place of posting. He has been appointed as the Chief Secretary with the immediate effect. He would replace Vyas who has been appointed as an advisor to Governor Narendra Nath Vohra.
"Consequent upon the availability of his services to Jammu and Kashmir Government, B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, IAS (CG: 1987) has been appointed Chief Secretary, J&K, with immediate effect," said an official spokesman.
The spokesman said that Governor Vohra has appointed B B Vyas, IAS, Chief Secretary, J&K and Vijay Kumar, IPS (retired) presently serving as senior security advisor, Union Ministry of Home Affairs, as advisors to the Governor with effect from the date they assume charge.
According to an order issued by the General Administration Department, the terms and conditions of their appointment shall be notified separately. Vyas was given an extension of one year in his service as he was superannuating in May this year. Earlier, he was retiring last year when his appointment was extended up to May 2018.
On the first day of latest spell of Governor's rule, Vohra reviewed a wide range of security management issues relating to the state with senior civil, police, central police, army and central intelligence agency officers in a meeting held at the Raj Bhavan.
"While reiterating the importance of maintaining constant surveillance the ground situation, Governor directed that immediate action must be taken on reports received from any quarters regarding any problem arising from security management," said the official spokesman.
The Governor directed Chief Secretary to closely monitor and ensure prompt redressal of all difficulties and grievances relating to the felt needs of people and, besides see that there is no delay in the implementation of welfare measures and development works on the ground.
Governor stressed the need of cohesive action being taken to enforce constant vigil on the IB and LoC, effectively maintaining internal security and ensuring the safety of protected persons, sensitive establishments and installations. In this context, he asked representatives of all the security forces and agencies to identify all existing gaps and ensure coordinated action on the ground for providing prompt and strong counter terror responses on all fronts.
Referring to a recent incident, Governor stressed the need of prompt action being taken to ensure the safety and security of the people at large by making fullest possible use of all available technologies. The meeting also reviewed important security related issues in regard to the Amarnath Yatra which is scheduled to commence on June 28 and identified certain issues which shall be dealt with on most urgent basis.
The meeting was attended by Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh, Northern Army Commander, B B Vyas, Dr. S.P. Vaid, Director General of Police; Umang Narula, Principal Secretary to Governor; R K Goyal, Home Secretary; Muneer Ahmad Khan, ADGP Home Guards and Security; A G Mir, IGP CID; Zulfiquar Hasan, IGP (Operations) CRPF; Ravideep Singh Sahi, IG CRPF; Swayam Prakash Pani, IGP Kashmir; and senior officers of central intelligence agencies.
Vohra held a meeting with all the administrative secretaries and the senior most police and forest service officers at the Civil Secretariat here today. Governor directed administrative secretaries and DGP to ensure that all government functionaries attended office punctually and their presence is daily monitored through the Bio-metric attendance system.
He said that administrative secretaries shall personally review and ensure prompt and efficient delivery of various public services to the people of the state; complaints regarding delays, irregularities and corruption must be dealt with most sternly and those responsible should be proceeded against without any fear or favour.
Governor asked the administrative secretaries to send him reports regarding the up-to-date progress of Prime Minister's Development Programmes-2015; causes of delay in the enactment of state legislation on the analogy of the Central Disability Act 2016; reasons of failure to implement the required measures for the conservation and cleanliness of the Dal Lake; implementation status of all flagship Central Schemes; status of construction of bunkers in villages located along the IB and LoC; timely payment of relief to the victims of border firing at IB/LOC; status of preparations for holding Panchayat and Municipal Elections; position regarding stocking and supply of food and other essential commodities by Food and Civil Supplies Department; to-date status regarding the writing of Annual Performance Reports and filing of Annual Property Returns by State Government officers; implementation status of LED Bulbs distribution all over the State for securing economy in the use of electricity; to-date position regarding compassionate appointment cases under SRO-43; implementation status of the Non-Functional (Monetary) Scheme (NFS) for KAS Officers; action taken with regard to the payment of salaries and issues faced by the SSA teachers; and other issues.
Governor asked Chief Secretary to have prepared by June 21 department wise lists of all pending cases and forward the same to him with his remarks regarding the reasons for delay. He asked Chief Secretary to ensure that every important matter was timely disposed of and all cases which required higher level approvals should be sent to the Governor. |
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