Midha repatriated to parent state

CHANDIGARH, April 6: The Chandigarh Administration has repatriated Chief Architect and ex-officio Secretary, Department of Urban Planning, S.K. Midha to his parent state of Haryana.

While Midha has yet to hand over the charge, which would be done in a day or two, Sarabjit Singh, a senior architect, will look after the work of chief architect in addition to his present duties.

Midha8217;s repatriation follows a letter from Haryana asking the Chandigarh Administration to repatriate all the Haryana architects working on deputation with UT, to enable sending a fresh set of officers on deputation to UT.

Haryana had stated that Midha and architects Sunita Monga and Rakesh Gupta had been working on deputation for a number of years now, against the stipulated three-year deputation period. Incidentally, Midha has been working in UT since 1975. The Administration has also repatriated both Sunita Monga and Rakesh Gupta to their parent state.