DHARMENDRA JORE dharmendra. jore@ mid- day. com A MONTH after her IAS h u s b a n d Pravin Darade was transferred to Pune in an insignificant post, Food and Drugs Administration commissioner Dr Pallavi Darade ( Indian Revenue Service) was replaced, too. IAS officer ( u00ad u20ac u20ac . batch) A B Unhale, promoted to the rank of secretary, took her place.
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A . . . . - batch officer, she was given a two- year extension for her deputation with the administration last May.
The couple was seen as a favourite of former CM Devendra Fadnavis who had given them plum assignments.
Earlier, Pallavi Darade had worked as BMC additional commissioner. Several bureaucrats who were supposed to be in the good books of the previous government have been shifted and more may be transferred soon. A couple of senior babus who worked closely with the B . P government were retained.
New FDA boss Unhale is a state- service officer promoted to the IAS cadre. He worked as joint- secretary in the relief and rehabilitation department before being elevated on Wednesday.
Now, Pallavi Darade replaced as FDA chief Pallavi Darade