CS aspirant Medha Gadgil shunted out to low profile post

MUMBAI: Senior bureaucrat and additional chief secretary of Revenue and Forest department Medha Gadgil on Monday was transferred to the post of Chairperson-cum-MD of Maharashtra State Financial Corporation. Gadgil, an IAS officer of 1983 batch was supposed to be promoted as chief secretary last year according to the seniority list. However, she could not become the first woman CS of the state. She is the wife of Congress leader Anant Gadgil who is also member of Upper House. Despite a woman bureaucrat, she had been posted at district collector of Ahmednagar, the biggest area across the state, the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance goverment was in power in mid 1990s. The work done by her as MD of Haffkine was acknowledged by United Nations. She was rated as an outstanding officer by many of her bosses. Apart from Gadgil, CM Fadnavis approved a transfer order of two more bureaucrats on Monday. Kishorraje Nimbalkar (2003 batch), Jalgaon collector has been transferred to secretary of revenue and forest department.