Bhopal: Soon after the announcement of Mauganj, a tehsil of Rewa district, as the 53rd district of Madhya Pradesh, the new District Collector was changed within a few hours of his appointment and a new officer was immediately put in place.
The Madhya Pradesh government on Sunday issued a gazette notification regarding the formation of Mauganj as a new district as had been promised by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in March this year.
Announcing that the headquarters of the new district will be Mauganj, the state government also appointed a new District Collector and the Superintendent of Police (SP).
However, the newly-formed Mauganj’s district collector was changed within a few hours of the appointment. Soniya Meena, a 2013 batch IAS officer, who is posted as a director with the tribal welfare department, was appointed as the first collector of Mauganj, but was cancelled soon after.
A few hours later, the state government issued a notification mentioning that Ajay Srivastava, a 2013 batch IAS officer will be the collector of Mauganj. Srivastava was earlier posted as an additional commissioner in the Scheduled Tribe and Finance Corporation tribal in the Madhya Pradesh government.
IPS officer Veerendra Jain, who was previously commandant of the 8th Battalion in Chhindwara district, was assigned as the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Mauganj.
According to the government orders, three tehsils from the Rewa district including Mauganj, Hanumana, and Devtalab will now become a part of the newly-formed Mauganj district.
After this, Rewa district which earlier had 12 tehsils, will have only nine tehsils, namely Huzur, Huzur Nagar, Jawa, Teonthar, Raipur Karchuliyan, Mangawan, Semaria, Sirmaur, and Gurh.
Earlier in March this year, Chief Minister Chouhan announced the formation of the new district, which is estimated to have a population of around six lahks and will comprise two Assembly constituencies- Devtalab and Mauganj.
With inputs from IANS