Manoj Kumar Chauhan

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Manoj Kumar Chauhan
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District Magistrate & Collector, Mahoba
In office
23 October 2021 – Incumbent
Preceded bySatyendra Kumar
Personal details
Born
Manoj Kumar Singh

(1967-05-23) 23 May 1967 (age 54)
Sharif Nagar, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Spouse(s)
Aakaanksha Singh
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(m. 1997)​
Alma materK.G.K Inter College and Allahabad University

Manoj Kumar Chauhan is an IAS officer who is currently posted as District Magistrate & Collector, Mahoba.

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 got 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] Later Governor sacked VC and 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. From To Position
1 7 December 1997 28 February 1998 Probationer at UP ATI, Nainital
2 1 March 1998 7 November 1998 SDM, Bijnor
3 8 November 1998 25 August 2000 SDM, Udham Singh Nagar
4 26 August 2000 14 June 2005 SDM, Bijnor
5 15 June 2005 2 July 2007 SDM, Bulandshahr
6 3 July 2007 18 February 2009 SDM, Hathras
7 19 February 2009 12 December 2009 OSD, Aligarh Development Authority
8 13 December 2009 15 July 2011 City Magistrate, Bareilly
9 16 July 2011 19 April 2012 City Magistrate, Prayagraj
10 20 April 2012 14 May 2013 ADM-E, Muzaffarnagar
11 15 May 2013 27 February 2014 Secretary, Muzaffarnagar Development Authority
12 28 February 2014 28 July 2015 Registrar, CCS University
13 29 July 2015 20 September 2015 Joint Housing Commissioner, Meerut Zone
14 21 September 2015 27 May 2017 ADM-E, Muzaffarnagar
15 28 May 2017 27 June 2019 Municipal Commissioner, Meerut
16 27 June 2019 14 July 2020 Municipal Commissioner, Jhansi
17 29 July 2020 8 June 2021 Director, Agriculture Marketing & Foreign Trade
18 8 June 2021 23 October 2021 Special Secretary & Director Tourism
19 23 October 2021 Incumbent District Magistrate & Collector, Mahoba

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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