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  Ashok Khemka, IAS officer transferred 57 times in 34 years, retires today

  India | April 30, 2025 11:27 IST

  Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, known for his integrity and frequent transfers — 57 in a 34-year career — has retired on Wednesday as Additional Chief Secretary, Transport Department, Haryana. Khemka rose to prominence in 2012 after cancelling a land deal linked to Robert Vadra.

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  'Phir tabadla': Ashok Khemka gets transferred for 53rd time in 28 years

  India | November 27, 2019 20:10 IST

  ​IAS officer Ashok Khemka has been transferred for the 53rd time in 28 years. Serving as the principal secretary of the Science and Technology Department since March, Ashok Khemka has now been moved to the Archives Department by the Haryana government.

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  ‘Déjà vu.. Vested interests win’, tweets IAS officer Ashok Khemka after yet another transfer

  India | November 13, 2017 10:36 IST

  In his 51st posting in a career spanning over 20 years, Khemka will now serve as Principal Secretary in the Department of Sports and Youth Affairs headed by BJP minister Anil Vij.

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  Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka tops Panjab University’s law entrance test

  India | July 15, 2016 15:13 IST

  Ashok Khemka, senior IAS officer of Haryana cadre, wants to become a lawyer post-retirement.

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  Haryana govt orders fresh chargesheet against Ashok Khemka

  India | July 13, 2016 9:58 IST

  Chandigarh: The Haryana government has issued a fresh chargesheet against Ashok Khemka for allegedly causing avoidable financial loss to Haryana Seed Development Corporation (HSDC) in 2012-13 on account of unsold stocks of wheat seeds. He

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  Haryana govt promotes IAS Ashok Khemka as Principal Secretary

  India | January 01, 2016 16:33 IST

  Chandigarh: The Manohar Khattar–led state government is Haryana has promoted whistleblower IAS officer Ashok Khemka to the rank of Principal Secretary from Secretary to the government of Haryana.Khemka shot to limelight in 2012 when the

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  Haryana govt drops chargesheet against IAS officer Ashok Khemka

  India | November 04, 2015 16:48 IST

  Chandigarh: In a relief to senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, Haryana's BJP government has dropped chargesheet against him in which he had been charged by the previous Congress regime with exceeding his jurisdiction as he

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  Why IAS Officer Ashok Khemka is being sidelined, BJP MP asks Haryana Govt

  Politics | May 31, 2015 7:42 IST

  Chandigarh: BJP leader Ashwini Chopra yesterday questioned his own party-led Haryana government, why IAS officers like Ashok Khemka are being "sidelined" when the Chief Minister has bated for corruption-free governance."I thought an honest officer like

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  After Haryana Governor, IAS officer Khemka meets CM Khattar

  India | April 09, 2015 16:22 IST

  Chandigarh: Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who had last week met the Haryana Governor here days after his transfer, today met state Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.The officer spent nearly 40 minutes with Khattar this

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  Khemka objects to being labelled as 'whistleblower'

  India | April 08, 2015 23:09 IST

  Chandigarh: Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka today objected to being called “whistleblower”, saying he did what was expected of him as public servant.  Days after he was handed down another transfer, 49-year-old Khemka in his

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  Differences in Haryana government come out in the open over Khemka transfer

  Politics | April 02, 2015 21:46 IST

  Chandigarh: Differences in the Haryana government on the Ashok Khemka transfer issue came out in the open on Thursday with Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Transport Minister describing the decision as "routine" while the

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  Today's 5 major news headlines you might have missed!

  India | April 02, 2015 21:08 IST

  Delhi's poisonous air: Blame game starts between central and state governmentsDelhi's air quality is becoming poisonous but instead of finding an immediate solution, both central and state governments seem to be busy settling political scores

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  'Moment truly painful', says IAS officer Ashok Khemka after his 46th transfer

  India | April 02, 2015 21:46 IST

  New Delhi: IAS officer Ashok Khemka was transferred for the 46th time when the BJP government in Haryana issued orders to shift him from present post of Transport Commissioner and Secretary in the Transport Department

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  Whistleblower Ashok Khemka transferred again by Haryana government

  India | April 01, 2015 23:10 IST

  Haryana Government on Wednesday issued transfer and posting orders of nine IAS officers including whistle blower Ashok Khemka and one Haryana Civil Service (HCS) officer with immediate effect.Ashok Khemka, who had in November last year

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  CAG report on Robert Vadra-DLF land deal vindicates me: Ashok Khemka

  India | March 26, 2015 23:52 IST

  Chandigarh: A senior IAS officer of Haryana Ashok Khemka today said that his action in Vadra-DLF land-license deal has been "vindicated in the CAG report but he continues to suffer the stigma of charge sheet."During

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  7 Civil Services' officials who paid heavily for exposing corruption

  India | March 17, 2015 15:10 IST

  DK Ravi Kumar was not the only one who had to pay off with his life or who was threatened of dire consequences on blowing the lid of some well-knitted mafia, there had been many

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  Robert Vadra may face up to two years imprisonment in undeclared land case

  India | December 21, 2014 14:48 IST

  New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law, Robert Vadra, may face up to two years imprisonment as leaked documents appear to reveal Vadra possessing undeclared land in excess of legal limit.According to a report published

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  Pages of file pertaining to Vadra-DLF deal missing: Khemka

  India | December 19, 2014 15:02 IST

  Chandigarh: IAS officer Ashok Khemka has sought registration of an FIR after an RTI filed by him found that two pages of a file pertaining to the controversial DLF-Robert Vadra deal are missing from government

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  Ashok Khemka may get central deputation

  Politics | July 15, 2014 19:03 IST

  New Delhi: Ashok Khemka, an IAS officer of the Haryana cadre who had cancelled mutation of a land deal involving Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, may be deputed to the central government in

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  Ashok Khemka seeks central deputation

  India | July 15, 2014 18:09 IST

  New Delhi: Amid speculation that he may be shifted to the Centre, whistleblower IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who had sparked a controversy by questioning land deals of Robert Vadra in Haryana, today said he has