New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) Delhi Principal Home SecretarySatya Gopal has been transferred to Arunchal Pradesh as thechief secretary.
Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal relieved Gopal, a 1988-batch IAS officer, from the post following an order of theUnion Home Ministry.
The transfer of the senior bureaucrat comes around one-and-a-half months after he was appointed as the principal homesecretary in the Delhi government. Gopal was the principalsecretary in the Arunachal Pradesh government.
"In pursuance of Government of India, Ministry of HomeAffairs' order, the Lt Governor, Delhi, is pleased to relieveSatya Gopal, principal secretary (home), from this (Delhi)government to enable the officer to join the government ofArunchal Pradesh," Delhi Services Department said in itsorder.
The Union Home Ministry in its order said Gopal had beenappointed as the chief secretary of Arunchal Pradesh.
Meanwhile, Delhi PWD's Principal Secretary Ashwani Kumarhas been appointed as a link officer for the post of thecity's principal home secretary till further order, anofficial said. PTI BUN SLBAAR.
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