In order to ensure smooth functioning of departments/boards/corporations etc., the Haryana Government has ordered that in the absence of Administrative Secretary, Head of Department/Managing Director, Additional Secretary/Special Secretary/Secretary, Divisional Commissioner, Commissioner-Municipal Corporation, District Administration and District Municipal Commissioner being on leave/training/tour/election duty or away for more than 2 days due to any other reason or in the event of vacancy due to retirement or transfer of the officer, the work of the department will be looked after by the respective Link Officers.
A letter issued in this regard by Chief Secretary Dr. Vivek Joshi states that the link officers for various Administrative Secretaries and head of departments and boards/corporations of Haryana and Additional/Special Secretary/Secretary, Secretariat Establishment, Human Resources Department, Personnel Department, Home-I and Home-II, General Administration Department and Vigilance Department have been appointed.
The link officers for the purpose of looking after the work during the leave/training/tour or election duty of Divisional Commissioner have been appointed. For Ambala division, Karnal and Rohtak will be link officer-I and link officer-II, respectively. For Karnal division, Rohtak and Ambala will be link officer-I and link officer-II, respectively.
For Rohtak division, Karnal and Hisar will be link officer-I and link officer-II, respectively while for the Hisar division, Rohtak and Ambala will be link officer-I and link officer-II, respectively. For Gurugram division, Faridabad and Rohtak will be link officer-I and link officer-II, respectively, and for Faridabad division, Gurugram and Karnal will be link officer-I and link officer-II, respectively.
The link officers for the purpose of looking after the work during the leave/training/tour or election duty of Commissioner of Municipal Corporations have also been appointed. For Municipal Corporations-Gurugram and Manesar, the link officer will be Faridabad. For Faridabad, the link officer will be Manesar.
Similarly, For Rohtak, the link officer will be Hisar and vice-versa. For Sonipat, the link officer will be Panipat and vic-versa. For Karnal, the link officer will be Ambala and vice-versa, and for Yamunangar-Jagadhri, the link officer will be Panchkula and vice-versa. The link officers for the purpose of looking after the work during the leave/training/tour or election duty of District Administration have been appointed as well. For Deputy Commissioner, the link officer-I will be Additional Deputy Commissioner.
For Additional Deputy Commissioner, the link officer-I will be CEO, Zila Parishad & CEO, DRDA. For CEO, Zila Parishad & CEO, DRDA, the link officer-I will be Additional Deputy Commissioner. For City Magistrate, the link officer-I will be SDM (HQ) while for SDM (HQ), the link officer-I will be City Magistrate and link officer-II will be EO, HSVP (only if IAS/HCS officer is posted as such). For EO, HSVP, the link officer-I will be SDM (HQ).
The link officers for the purpose of looking after the work during the transfer/retirement and during the leave/training/tour or election duty of District Municipal Commissioner have been also appointed. For Gurugram, the link officer will be Jhajjar and vice-versa. For Rohtak, the link officer will be Bhiwani & Charkhi Dadri and vice-versa. For Hisar, the link officer will be Jind and vice-versa.
For Sonipat, the link officer will be Panipat and vice-versa. For Karnal, the link officer will be Kaithal and vice-versa. For Ambala, the link officer will be Kurukshetra and vice-versa. For Yamunanagar, the link officer will be Panchkula and vice-versa. For Sirsa, the link officer will be Fatehabad and vice-versa while for Rewari, the link officer will be Mahendragarh and vice-versa. For Palwal, the the link officer will be Nuh and vice-versa.
The detailed list of link officers can be accessed at csharyana.gov.in. Further, the concerned Divisional Commissioner may also assign the additional charge of the IAS/HCS officers, except Deputy Commissioner and Additional Deputy Commissioner, to any other IAS/HCS officer of the respective district up to 15 days and if the period of absence exceeds 15 days, then the proposal to post or give additional charge to any other IAS/HCS officer will be sent to this department.
The letter further states that every officer will inform his link officer before proceeding on leave/training/tour/election duty, as the case may be.