T.N. gets new Chief Secretary, police chief
J.K.Tripathy & K. Shanmugam
Governor Banwarilal Purohit has cleared the names of K. Shanmugam, Additional Chief Secretary (Finance), and J.K. Tripathy, Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Uniform Services Recruitment Board, for appointment as Chief Secretary (CS) and Director General of Police (DGP) of Tamil Nadu respectively.
Confirming this, a senior official said that orders on the appointments will be issued on Saturday.
The officers belong to the 1985 batch. Mr. Shanmugam is from IAS and Mr. Tripathy from the IPS. They will take charge on Sunday following the retirement of Chief Secretary Girija Vaidyanathan from service and the term of T.K. Rajendran as DGP coming to an end.
Mr. Shanmugam is expected to hold the post for a year, as he will be reaching the age of superannuation in July next year.
Mr Tripathy, who was also born in 1960, will, however, remain as DGP till June 2021, as the post carries the fixed tenure of two years.
For the post of Chief Secretary, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami preferred Mr. Shanmugam to others, including R. Rajagopal and Rajeev Ranjan, who are his seniors. As far as the DGP is concerned, Mr. Tripathy is the seniormost among those considered by the selection committee, which included representatives of the Union Public Services Commission, State and Central governments, apart from the Chief Minister.
Mr. Shanmugam, who is holding the post of Finance Secretary since May 2010, was empanelled by the Centre for the post of Secretary or Secretary-equivalent in the Union government.
They will take charge on Sunday following the retirement of Chief Secretary Girija Vaidyanathan from service and the term of T.K. Rajendran as DGP coming to an end.
Mr. Shanmugam is expected to hold the post for a year, as he will be reaching the age of superannuation in July next year.
Mr Tripathy, who was also born in 1960, will, however, remain as DGP till June 2021, as the post carries the fixed tenure of two years.
For the post of Chief Secretary, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami preferred Mr. Shanmugam to others, including R. Rajagopal and Rajeev Ranjan, who are his seniors. As far as the DGP is concerned, Mr. Tripathy is the seniormost among those considered by the selection committee, which included representatives of the Union Public Services Commission, State and Central governments, apart from the Chief Minister.
Mr. Shanmugam’s name figured as a possible successor to his batchmate, P. Rama Mohana Rao, in December 2016 after the latter’s residence and Chief Secretary’s chamber were searched by the Income Tax department. But, Ms. Vaidyanathan, who belonged to the 1981 batch, made it to the post. .
On Friday evening, the IAS Officers’ Association held a function at the Secretariat to bid farewell to the outgoing Chief Secretary and A. Ramalingam, Commissioner of Art & Culture, who functioned as a Secretary to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for years. Mr. Shanmugam was among those who attended the function. Earlier in the day, Mr. Tripathy met Ms. Vaidyanathan and the incoming Chief Secretary.
Mr. Shanmugam, who is holding the post of Finance Secretary since May 2010, was empanelled by the Centre for the post of Secretary or Secretary-equivalent in the Union government. He is among the few IAS officers to be retained in the same post despite a change in regime in the State.
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