In the recent battle between the Kerala government and governor, it was a senior IAS officer who lost his position as a principal secretary. The issue was resolved after the government, yielding to the Governor’s pressure, replaced K R Jyothilal as principal secretary, General Administration Department (GAD) with a senior civil servant.
It was Jyothilal who had written the letter on behalf of the government to the Raj Bhavan a few days ago citing the violation of prevailing conventions in the appointment of former BJP leader Hari S Kartha as Additional Personal Assistant to the Governor.
Sources said the Governor signed the document after receiving information from the government that senior IAS officer Jyothilal was replaced by top bureaucrat Sarada Muraleedharan as the principal secretary GAD. The one-month-long budget session of the Kerala Assembly will commence here on Friday with the customary policy address of the Governor.
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