Union ministry orders appointment of Haryana officer to IAS on tribunal’s directions

Following the orders of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh bench, the department of personnel and training under the Union ministry of personnel, public grievance and pensions has ordered the appointment of former Haryana additional director, industries and commerce Ashwani Kumar Gupta to the Indian Administrative Service by way of selection. Ashwani Kumar Gupta on Friday got his first posting as an IAS officer when he was posted as additional managing director, Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation by the state government. Gupta on Friday got his first posting as an IAS officer when he was posted as additional managing director, Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation by the state government. The state government had put up five vacancies of IAS officers to fill among the non-state civil service officers and to prepare a select list for 2019 in accordance with the Indian Administrative Regulations, 1997. The DoPT on January 23 issued orders to appoint Ashwani Kumar Gupta stating that in pursuance of directions of the CAT bench, the officer is deemed to have been notionally appointed to the IAS cadre of Haryana on the basis of inclusion of his name at serial number 1 in the 2019 select list not later than his immediate junior, Vivek Bharti, appointed to IAS from the same select list of October 25, 2022, with consequential benefits.