Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka on Thursday got a new posting as the Haryana government issued transfer and posting orders of seven IAS officers with immediate effect.
Mr Khemka, Principal Secretary and Director General of Archaeology and Museums, has been posted as Principal Secretary of Science and Technology in place of Dhanpat Singh, an official release said here.
Commenting on his transfer, Mr Khemka said it has been done after a long delay. “Posting order in my rank of Principal Secretary after a 99-day delay,” he tweeted.
The 1991-batch IAS officer was promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in January by the BJP-led Haryana government.
He had last week said, “Awaiting posting on promotion for last 3 months. Holding a lower rank post is humiliating. Like a Lt Gen forced to hold post of Brigadier (sic).” -- PTI
