The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments on in-situ basis by temporarily upgrading the posts held by the officers: (i) Shri Rajiv Kumar, lAS(JH:84) as Additional Secretary, Department of Expenditure. (ii) Shri A.B. Pandey, lAS(MH:84) as DDG, UlDAl, Mumbai in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. (iii) Shri Ashok M.R. Dalawai, lAS(OR:84) as DDG, UlDAl, Bangalore in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. (iv) Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla, lAS(AM:84) as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal.