Stalin govt carries out bureaucratic rejig

July 16, 2024 19:04

TN CM M K Stalin

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday effected a bureaucratic reshuffle, transferring among others, Principal Home Secretary P Amudha, IAS.

She has been replaced with Dheeraj Kumar, currently additional chief secretary to government, information technology and digital services department.

Kumar has been allotted the home, prohibition and excise department.

Amudha has been posted as principal secretary, revenue and disaster management department.

The government also transferred a number of other senior officials, including Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner Dr J Radhakrishnan and posted him as additional chief secretary, cooperation, food and consumer protection department.

Senior IAS officer Kumar Jayant has been transferred and posted as additional chief secretary to government, information technology and digital services department, according to a public (Special A) department order.

J Kumaragurubaran, secretary, school education department, succeeds Radhakrishnan in the city civic body.

Similarly, many district collectors were also transferred.

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