CHENNAI: The State government on Monday ordered the transfer of 17 IAS officials on day-one.
Collectors of Salem (V Sampath), Theni (N Venkatachalam, Dindigul (T N Harihbaran) and Vellore (R Nanthagopal) who were earlier transferred by the Election Commission (on April 23) were posted back to their earlier positions on Monday.
D Karthikeyan, S Nagarajan, Satyabrata Sahoo and Rajendra Ratnoo who were posted as collectors in these four districts were ordered to return to their positions as Commissioner of Archaeology, Director & CEO of TN e-Governance Agency, Transport Commissioner and Managing Director of Poompuhar Shipping Corporation respectively.
Also, Director of Employment and Training, C Sathyamoorthy, Chairperson and MD of TN Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation (TUFIDCO) S Swarna, MD of TN Handloom Weaver’ Cooperative Society (Co-optex) N Venkatesh and State Project Director of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Pooja Kulkarni who were posted as Collectors of Tirunelveli, Pudukkotai, Tiruvarur and Tiruvannamalai districts by EC a week later (on April 30) were posted back to their positions.