Massive overhaul in the secretariat by transferring employees and granting promotions. Opposition leaders and members of the ruling coalition have been transferred. The Assistant Protocol Officer, who is accused of taking a mobile phone as a gift in the gold smuggling case, has been promoted to Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health.
The former general secretary and former president of the Secretariat Association, a Congress organization, were transferred to Kozhikode and Ernakulam.105 top officials were transferred to other districts and various departments of the Secretariat. Seven were transferred while 15 additional secretaries were promoted.
When 21 joint secretaries were promoted, three were transferred. 70 people were given promotions. The promotion follows the retirement of 80 people on May 30. Employees say this is the first time so many people have been transferred together, although promotion and transfers are common when a new government assumes office.
Four were shifted to Ernakulam, two each to Kottayam, Malappuram and Kozhikode and one each to Alappuzha, Thrissur and Wayanad.
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