No.9/ 39 /2012-EO(SM-1) Government of India Secretariat of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet Ministry of Personnel. Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training

New Delhi, the 22 August, 2012.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following . appointments:-

(i) Ms. B. Bhamathi, IAS(BH:79), presently Additional Secretary. Ministry of Home Affairs as Additional Secretary. and Financial Adviser, Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development in the vacancy of Shri Arvind Mayaram, IAS(RJ:78);

(ii) Shri K. Skandan, IAS(TN:82), presently Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs vice Ms. B. Bharnathi, IAS(BH:79), On her relinquishing the charge of the post.

(B. Secretary Appointments Committee of t e Cabinet. To :- 1. Cabinet Secretary (Shri Ajit Seth). 2. Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training (Shri P.K. Misra). 3. Secretary (Coordination & PG), Cabinet Secretariat (Shri A lok Rawat). 4. Secretary, Ministtry of Home Affairs (Shri R.K. Singh). 5. Secretary, Department of Rural Development (Shri Subramanyam Vijay Kumar). 6. Finance Secretary, Department of Expenditure (Shri R.S. Gujral). 7. Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development (Shri Sudhir Krishna). 8. Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister (Shri Pulok Chatterji), 9. Ms. B. Bhamathi. 10. Shri K. Skandan. 11. Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 12. Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. 13. Secretary to President of India.

- 14. Secretary to Vice President of India I 5. Secretary General, Secretariat. 16. Secretary General, Rajya Sabha Secretariat. 17. PS to Home Minister, 18. PS to MOS (Home) (Shri M. Ramachandran). 19. PS to MOS (Home) (Shri Jitendra Singh). 20. PS to Minister of Rural Development. 21. PS to MOS (Rural Development) (Shri Sisir Adhikari). 22. PS to MOS (Rural Development) (Shri Pradeep Jain). 23. PS to MOS (Rural Development) (Ms. Agatha Sangma). 24. PS to Finance Minister. 25. PS to MOS (Finance) (Shri Namo Narain Meer*. 26. PS to MOS 'Finance) (Shri S.S. Palanimanickam). 27, PS to MOS(PP). 28. PS to Adviser to PM. 29. Cabinet Secretariat (Ms. Nivedita Shukla Verma, Joint Secretary) w.r.t. its letter No.2-

I /20I2 - CS(A) dated 22.8.2012. :- 2 :-

30. Director (M&C) (Shri Ravinder Singh). DThersonnel and Training . 31. Editor, Civil Services News and Deputy Secretary. Department of AdminiStrative Reforms and Public Grievances. 32. All Secretaries to the Govt. of India. 33. All Divisional heads in DOPT: 34. All Officers/Desks/Sections in EO's Division/Sr. PPS to Secretary (P)/ PS t /E0(CM)/Guard File. &I for onward transmission to Sr. Technical Director, MC, DoPT.

(: . Sharma ) Secretary Appointments Committee oft e Cabinet.