The Gazette of India.
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I—Section 1,
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. i7] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1972/MAGHA 2, 1893
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MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 22nd January 1972
No. 3/2/72-Pub.II.—The President of India learnt with deep regret of the death at 11.00 P.M. on the 18th January 1972 of Dr. Aditya Nath Jha, Lt. Governor of Delhi.
Born on August 18, 1911, Dr. Aditya Nath Jha was educated at Varanasi, Allahabad and Oxford. He topped the list in I.C.S. examination in India in 1934. He spent the probationary period in Oxford and joined the I.C.S. in 1936. Ho held several important assignments in Uttar Pradesh. He was on deputation to the Foreign and Political Department untill January 1942 when he returned to U.P. to work in the Finance Department and later as Secretary, Agriculture, Flood Relief Commissioner, Development Commissioner and Chief Secretary (1954—58). He was deputed to U.S.A., Berlin and Geneva to attend International Conferences in October-November 1951.
78 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART I—SEC. 1)Production (1963-64), Ministry of Education (1963) and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (1964—66).
On 1st March 1966, Dr. Jha was appointed as Chief Commissioner, Delhi and later as Lt. Governor with effect from 7th September 1966 in which capacity he served to the very end.
In the death of Dr. Jha, the country has lost an erudite scholar and efficient and experienced administrator. As Lt. Governor, h" endeared himseJf to the people by his sympathetic handling of their problems.
GOVIND NARAIN, Secy.