Famous IAS officer of Bihar and Additional Chief Secretary of Education Department KK Pathak Returned back to Patna after leave. As soon as he returned, he took charge of the education department. However, he has not taken charge after officially reaching the office. In such a situation, department officials are reaching his residence for guidance. KK Pathak will reach the Education Department office at the Secretariat on Saturday and start work by taking the charge of Additional Chief Secretary. He will hold a meeting with department officials at 10 am on Saturday. Please note that KK Pathak was on leave since January 8. He had resigned from the post of Additional Chief Secretary on the instructions of the government. During this time, Department Secretary Vaidyanath Yadav was also looking after the work at the Additional Chief Secretary level.
KK Pathak went on leave on 8th January
It is noteworthy that KK Pathak had applied to go on leave on January 8 due to health reasons. He had earlier applied till January 14. Later he extended his leave till 16 January. January 17 was a public holiday due to Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti. In such a situation, KK Pathak had to return to work on January 18. Meanwhile, on the evening of 17th January, news came that KK Pathak will now be on leave till 30th January, he has extended the leave period. However, the extension of leave was not officially confirmed.
While KK Pathak was on leave, appointment letters were distributed to the teachers appointed in the second phase on January 13. The joining of these teachers was to start from January 15, but the work of posting of teachers was stuck. After which it was said that the posting work got stuck due to KK Pathak being on leave. However, work on this started later. Now that KK Pathak has returned from leave, the work of the department will once again start happening at a faster pace.