Ashok Khemka.

Pradeep Kasni.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana whistleblower IAS officer Ashok Khemka , who was relegated to the archives department after he exposed the discrepancy in mutation pertaining to Vadra-DLF land deals, has been made transport commissioner and secretary (transport) on Friday.Another bureaucrat Pradeep Kasni , who had a run-in with the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government when he highlighted anomalies in the appointment of commissioners in the state right to service commission and state information commission, will be Gurgaon’s new divisional commissioner. This is part of the reshuffle of 71 IAS officers on Friday evening.The officers transferred include divisional commissioners, Haryana Urban Development Authority administrators and deputy commissioners of Ambala, Panchkula, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Sonipat and Panipat.Director general of agriculture, Brijendra Singh, son of Union minister Birender Singh, has been posted as chief administrator of HUDA. Abhilash Likhi is the new director general of public relations department. He will take the charge from Sudhir Rajpal. Vivek Atray is the new deputy commissioner of Panchkula.There was speculation earlier about Khemka and Kasni getting important postings in chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s office or cell.Khemka was shifted out as director general, state consolidation and land reclamation department after he highlighted shortcomings in mutation in the land deal between the firm owned by Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra and real estate giant DLF. He was shifted to the archives department. Khemka has been transferred over 45 times in his 23-year career as a civil servant.Kasni was the chief administrator of Command Area Development Authority. Kasni also made headlines over his row with then chief secretary SC Chaudhary.