Sindhuri, 6 other IAS officers transferred

Maqsood Maniyar | NT

Bengaluru: The State government on Wednesday posted IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri as the Chief Editor of the Karnataka Gazetteer Department, ending her nearly seven-month-long status of transfer without charge.

Six other officers were also given new postings. Pradeep P, who had been without charge, was posted as Director of Social Audit in the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department (RDPR), which had been a vacant position earlier. Suralkar Vikas Kishor, who had been the Secretary of the KPSC, was transferred and posted as Zonal Commissioner of Rajarajeshwari Nagar) in the BBMP a post that was also vacant. Latha Kumari KS, who had also been awaiting a charge was posted as the Secretary of KPSC, replacing Suralkar. CN Sreedhara was made the Commissioner for Textile Development and Director of Handlooms and Textiles, filling another vacancy. Sangappa, was posted as the Managing Director of KEONICS, a post that had also been vacant. Shreeroopa, who had been the Director of the Karnataka State Sericulture Research Development Institute was transferred to the vacant post of Executive Director, Karnataka State Mineral Corporation Limited.

How the two bureaucrats got sidelined

D Roopa, who had been the managing director of KSHDC started the row with a February 18 Facebook post showing Sindhuri, then the commissioner of the Muzrai Department, seated with IAS officer Manivannan and JD(S) MLA from Krishnarajanagara constituency SR Mahesh at a restaurant.

When Rohini Sindhuri was the Mysuru DC, Mahesh and the IAS officer had made several allegations against each other including corruption. Even as the image started doing the rounds, Roopa accused Sindhuri of being a part of the compromise between the two.

As a consequence of the row and ensuing media statements by the two officers, both Roopa and Sindhuri were transferred without charge and the former’s husband Munish Moudgil was transferred and posted as the principal secretary in the DPAR.