The State Government on Tuesday promoted 11 senior OAS officers, including two district Collectors, to the rank of Special Secretary. This decision was taken based on the recommendations of the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC).
These officers were designated as Level 17 officials. Their recruitment would be made based on the vacancies, said a release from the GA Department.
The officers are Abanikanta Pattanaik, Sudarsan Panda, Shiva Nrayan Nanda, Biswajeet Keshari Das, Saroj Kumar Mishra, Sangram Keshari Moahapatra, Dr ABHAYA Kumar Nayak, Madhusudan Miahra, Dillip Kumar Ray, Brajabandhu Bhol and Sanat Kumar Mohanty.