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Gujarat appoints Tushar Dholakia as chairman of Gujarat Subordinate Services Selection Board

A Gujarat-cadre IAS officer of the 2009 batch, Dholakia will be the first regular Chairman for GSSSB since February 2022.

In the evening on Saturday, Shah is also going to attend the Karyakar Suvarna Mahotsav of Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), a Swaminarayan sect.

The Gujarat government has appointed Tushar Dholakia, a Gujarat-cadre IAS officer of the 2009 batch, as the Chairman of the Gujarat Subordinate Services Selection Board (GSSSB) that recruits Class III and IV officials in the state government.

The General Administration Department (GAD) of the state government issued a notification on Wednesday, transferring Dholakia from his current posting as Director of Civil Supplies.

With this, the GSSSB will have a regular Chairman for the first time since February 2022.

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The last regular chairman of GSSSB was BJP leader and former MLA Asit Vora who had resigned from the top post months after the question paper for the recruitment of a head clerk was leaked in December 2021. Candidates for the recruitment examination and opposition parties had been demanding his resignation over the issue.

After Vora’s resignation, additional charge of the top post was given to senior IAS officers. Immediately after Vora’s resignation, the additional charge went to the then Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) of GAD A K Rakesh. Currently, the post is held by ACS of GAD Kamal Dayani.

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