Ranbir Singh Appointed as New Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi

Singh succeeded Vijay Kumar Dev who has been appointed as the Chief Secretary of the national capital.

New Delhi: Ranbir Singh has been appointed as the Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi, news agency ANI reported on Tuesday. Singh succeeded Vijay Kumar Dev who has been appointed as the Chief Secretary of the national capital. Ranbir Singh is an IAS officer of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre, 1991.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had issued the order appointing the 1987-batch IAS officer of the AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre.

Ranbir Singh has been appointed as the Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi.

— ANI (@ANI) November 27, 2018

 “With the approval of the competent authority, it has been decided to appoint Shri Vijay Kumar Dev, IAS (AGMUT: 1987) as Chief Secretary, Government of NCT of Delhi with effect from the date of joining till further orders,” read the MHA order.

Dev had succeeded Anshu Prakash who was transferred last week to the Department of Telecommunications as the Additional Secretary.

Prakash, in February, had alleged that some MLAs of Aam Aadmi Party assaulted him, resulting in a standoff between the bureaucrats and the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government.

The outgoing chief secretary had claimed that some Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lawmakers, in the presence of Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia, had thrashed him leading to a standoff between the Delhi chief minister and the bureaucrats.

Dev will hold the post of chief secretary superseding 1986-batch IAS officer Manoj Parida who is currently serving as additional chief secretary (home) and principal secretary in the Public Works Department (PWD).

“With the approval of the competent authority, it has been decided to appoint Vijay Kumar Dev, IAS (AGMUT:1987) as Chief Secretary, Government of NCT of Delhi with effect from the date of joining till further orders,” the ministry said in its order.

Dev has also served as Chandigarh UT adviser and is currently posted as CEO of Delhi, his second stint as the top official in the poll body.