For spiritual reasons, a senior IAS in UP seeks VR!

A senior bureaucrat of Uttar Pradesh cadre has reportedly applied for voluntary retirement. According to the sources,  Rigzian Samphel, an officer of 2003 batch has applied for voluntary retirement and his request is under process. Currently, he is posted as Resident Commissioner, UP Bhawan in New Delhi. He was Special Secretary to previous and the present Chief Ministers. He also held the post of DMs in a few districts. In 2018, he went to Jammu and Kashmir and was posted in Ladakh. Recently, he returned back to Uttar Pradesh, his parent cadre and was posted in Delhi as Resident Commissioner. Now he has applied for VR. When Whispers In The Corridors contacted him, he neither confirmed nor denied. Due to his inclination towards spiritualism, he has taken this step, the sources added.