PATNA, April 28 -- Jai Singh, a 2007 batch officer of the Indian administrative service (IAS), has been given the full-fledged charge of the revenue and land reforms department in place of its principal secretary CK Anil (a 1991-batch officer) on Tuesday in a reshuffle of administrative posts in the state.

According to a notification issued by the general administrative department (GAD), Anil has been shifted to the planning board as its advisor. Jai Singh, who was working as one of the two secretaries under Anil in the department, has been asked to take over as new administrative head of the department with immediate effect.

It is said that the chief minister Samrat Choudhary was not happy with Anil's way of handling the department, wh...