PS to MoS for rural development repatriated to home cadre

The government today ordered repatriation of yet another private secretary to a Union Minister, besides sending back two other IAS officers to their home cadre.
In a strange order, the government said Gargi Sharma Goel, a 2004 batch Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) officer, has been repatriated and she will be "eligible to come on central deputation only after March 16, 2023".
Goel was appointed as Private Secretary to Minister of State for Rural Development Sudarshan Bhagat on February 24 last year.
The reason for her premature repatriation was not immediately known.
Last week, the government had curtailed the tenure of M K Tripathi, Private Secretary to Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister M Venkaiah Naidu.

Tripathi, a 2000 batch Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer of Karnataka cadre, was placed on compulsory wait for posting.

Besides Goel, the Appointments Committee of Cabinet has sent back Atanu Purkayastha, a 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre. He had joined the Centre last year as Secretary to Central Information Commission (CIC) and is due for retirement on February 29.
Rajni Sekhri Sibal, an IAS officer of 1986 batch from Haryana cadre, has also been repatriated a year before completion of her tenure. She was posted as Joint Secretary in the Department of Animal Husbandry.
Last week, four officers belonging to various All India services were sent back to their parent cadre.

The rush of senior bureaucrats from the Centre to states continues ever since the new government took over in May 2014.
At least 65 IAS and IPS officers have either availed the option of returning to their parent cadre or have been prematurely repatriated, officials said.