Manoj Kumar Singh (civil servant)

Manoj Kumar Singh is an IAS officer who is currently posted as Special Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Planning.

Manoj Kumar Singh
Special Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Planning
In office
23 October 2021 – Incumbent
Preceded byRakesh Kumar Mishra
Personal details
Born
Manoj Kumar Singh

(1967-05-23) 23 May 1967
Sharif Nagar, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Spouse
Aakaanksha Singh
​
(m. 1997)​
Alma materK.G.K Inter College and Allahabad University

Early life and education

He was born as Manoj Kumar Singh to Digvijay Singh and Kela Devi. He hail from very humble background of agriculturist. He completed his primary education from primary school in his own village Sharifnagar of Thakurdwara Tehsil. Later he studied in Bijnor till class XII. He did B.A and L.L.B in K.G.K Inter College and Allahabad University.

Career

In 1997, he was selected as PCS officer after attaining 8th rank all over Uttar Pradesh and was promoted as 2012 batch IAS officer in 2019. He first joined as Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) in Udham Singh Nagar district now in Uttarakhand. After Uttarakhand broke from Uttar Pradesh in 2000, he choose his home state Uttar Pradesh to be posted in.

Registrar of Chaudhary Charan Singh University

He was posted as Registrar at Chaudhary Charan Singh University in 2014 by the state government.[1] After few months of his joining, he was at loggerhead with the University's Vice Chancellor, Vikram Chandra Goel a former DG rank IPS officer. VC relieved him from his post without getting any order from the state government. Later the government objected to it and ordered him to take back relieving order as it was out of his jurisdiction to do so. He replied that being a state university's VC he has autonomy from government and they can refer the matter to Chancellor/Governor of state. This tussle made students protest in the campus.[2][3]

Later the Registrar appealed his decision to High Court where High Court reject VC's judgement and ordered Registrar to continue his duties.[4] VC then appealed to Supreme Court but couldn't get favourable judgement.[5] Post retirement of Vikram Chandra Goel from CCSU, the state government transferred Registrar as Joint Commissioner at UP Housing Development Board in Meerut. [6]

Personal life

Married to the renowned writer Aakaanksha Singh in the year 1997, they have two children Pradyumna Singh and Meenakshi Singh. Currently, they are residing in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Posts held
Sr. No.FromToPosition
17 December 199728 February 1998Probationer at UP ATI, Nainital
21 March 19987 November 1998SDM, Bijnor
38 November 199825 August 2000SDM, Udham Singh Nagar
426 August 200014 June 2005SDM, Bijnor
515 June 20052 July 2007SDM, Bulandshahr
63 July 200718 February 2009SDM, Hathras
719 February 200912 December 2009OSD, Aligarh Development Authority
813 December 200915 July 2011City Magistrate, Bareilly
916 July 201119 April 2012City Magistrate, Prayagraj
1020 April 201214 May 2013ADM-E, Muzaffarnagar
1115 May 201327 February 2014Secretary, Muzaffarnagar Development Authority
1228 February 201428 July 2015Registrar, CCS University
1329 July 201520 September 2015Joint Housing Commissioner, Meerut Zone
1421 September 201527 May 2017ADM-E, Muzaffarnagar
1528 May 201727 June 2019Municipal Commissioner, Meerut
1627 June 201914 July 2020Municipal Commissioner, Jhansi
1729 July 20208 June 2021Director, Agriculture Marketing & Foreign Trade
188 June 202123 October 2021Special Secretary & Director Tourism
1923 October 20212 September 2023District Magistrate & Collector, Mahoba
202 September 2023IncumbentSpecial Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Planning

See also

References
  1. "Manoj Kumar Chauhan Vs State of UP and others". 23 July 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  2. "Meerut Police Clash With Dozens of Protesting Chaudhary Charan Singh University Students". NDTV. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  3. "Meerut varsity imbroglio: HC quashes V-C's order "relieving"". Business Standard. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  4. "Will quit if registrar works: CCSU VC". The Times of India. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  5. "Allow CCSU registrar to resume work, SC tells varsity VC". The Times of India. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  6. "NK Taneja new CCSU VC". The Times of India. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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