As reported first by Indianmandarins on September 01, 2017, senior officer Paul Antony (IAS:1983: KL) may be appointed as Kerala's Chief Secretary w.e.f 01 January 2018 - six months ahead of his retirement. He will take over from KM Abraham (IAS:1982: KL) who will retire on 31st of December 2017.
Currently, Antony is Secretary, Industries, and earlier served as CMD of Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd.
It may be recalled that Dr. K M Abraham (IAS:1982: KL) had on 1st September this year on taken over the baton from Ms. Nalini Netto (IAS:1981: KL) as 43rd Chief Secretary of the state. So, effectively, he has stayed as the CS for only four months versus six months given to his successor.
Seniority-wise, Amarendra Kumar Dubey (IAS:1982: KL) and Ms. Aruna Sundararajan (IAS:1982: KL) were next claimants for the CS job but both of them continue to stay at the Centre.
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Kerala CS: Antony to succeed Abraham
By IndianMandarins - 2017-12-27 11:08:14
As reported first by Indianmandarins on September 01, 2017, senior officer Paul Antony (IAS:1983: KL) may be appointed as Kerala's Chief Secretary w.e.f 01 January 2018 - six months ahead of his retirement. He will take over from KM Abraham (IAS:1982: KL) who will retire on 31st of December 2017.
Currently, Antony is Secretary, Industries, and earlier served as CMD of Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd.
It may be recalled that Dr. K M Abraham (IAS:1982: KL) had on 1st September this year on taken over the baton from Ms. Nalini Netto (IAS:1981: KL) as 43rd Chief Secretary of the state. So, effectively, he has stayed as the CS for only four months versus six months given to his successor.
Seniority-wise, Amarendra Kumar Dubey (IAS:1982: KL) and Ms. Aruna Sundararajan (IAS:1982: KL) were next claimants for the CS job but both of them continue to stay at the Centre.
