Gandhinagar, 31 January 2013
With the end of the month of January, Chief secretary AK Joti, 1980-batch IAS officer and managing director of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited S.Jagadeesan, and GMDC managing director and commissioner of land reforms VS Gadhavi retired from service. But this is just starting of the year. In next few months, as many as nine more IAS officers are going to retire. Following is a list:
-Ravi Saxena, a 1978-batch IAS officer, ACS of science & technology department, will retire in March this year.
-Former municipal commissioner of Ahmedabad and currently principal secretary of urban development department, IP Gautam, will retire in April this year.
-K Kailashnathan, ACS to the chief minister, will superannuate in May.
-1977-batch IAS officer RK Tripathy, principal secretary of agriculture department, will also superannuate in May.
-Arunkumar Sutaria, IAS of 1982-batch, who is posted as revenue inspection commissioner, will retire in June.
-Four promotee IAS officers will also retire in the coming months. They include MV Joshi, currently settlement commissioner & director of land records, and RS Patel, posted as director of social defense. Both will retire in February.
-DG Jhalawadia, director, civil supplies department, will retire in March, while MV Pargi, who is currently Kheda district collector, will retire in May.