Peeyush Kumar heads reconstituted A.P. Departmental Promotion Committee
As per the Government Order Rt. No. 1492 issued by Peeyush Kumar, Principal Secretary, Finance Department on Monday, the committee had been reconstituted following the transfer of existing members and in supersession of earlier orders issued in December 2022.
The reconstituted DPC would be chaired by Mr. Peeyush Kumar with D. Ronald Rose, Secretary (Budget & Institutional Finance), and Gautam Allada, IA & AS, Joint Secretary (Human Resources), as members and Noorul Quamer, Deputy Secretary (OP), as both member and convener.
The tenure of the committee had been fixed at two years from the date of issuance of the order.
The move aimed to streamline the promotion process and ensure administrative continuity in the Finance Secretariat Department, the order said.
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