Bhubaneswar, May 3:Following the Election Commission of India(ECI)'s order the government of Odisha transferred Senior IAS officer Sujata R Karthikeyan to the Finance Department.
Sujata has been appointed as Spr=ecial Secretary to the Government, Finance Department.
The General Administration and Public Grievances department issued a notification in this connection on Friday.
The notification read,Sujata Karthikeyan, Secretary, Mission Shakti with additional charge of Secretary, Odia Language, Literature and Culture department, has been appointed as Special Secretary, Finance.
Shalini Pandit, Secretary, Health and Family Welfare(H&FW)department has been appointed as Secretary, Mission Shakti and Secretary, Odia Language, Literature and Culture department as additional charge.
Karthikeyan’s additional charge as Secretary, Odia Language, Literature and Culture department will be terminated the day Pandit takes charge, the notification added.
Worth mentioning, acting on the allegation of the Odisha BJP and its central leaderships ,the ECI on Thursday had ordered the transfer of Karthikeyan to a non-public dealing department.
