Tamil Nadu government on Thursday sacked Chief Secretary P Rama Mohana Rao (IAS:1985:TN) a day after Income Tax oficials conducted raid at his residence in Anna Nagar, Chennai.
Girija Vaidyanathan (IAS:1981:TN), Additional Chief Secretary and Commissioner of Land Administration, has now been appointed as the new chief secretary of the state.
Rao held the additional charge of Vigilance Commissioner and the Commissioner for Administrative Reforms, which will also be looked after by Vaidyanathan.
According to reports, raids were also conducted at Rao's son Vivek's residence. The I-T officials recovered Rs 2000 notes amounting to Rs 30 lakh, five kilograms of gold with some other documents.
Searches were also conducted in Rao's office in the state secretariat and in several other places connected to Rao, his son and others. The raid ended on early Thursday morning.
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By IndianMandarins - 2016-12-22 13:15:28
Tamil Nadu government on Thursday sacked Chief Secretary P Rama Mohana Rao (IAS:1985:TN) a day after Income Tax oficials conducted raid at his residence in Anna Nagar, Chennai.
Girija Vaidyanathan (IAS:1981:TN), Additional Chief Secretary and Commissioner of Land Administration, has now been appointed as the new chief secretary of the state.
Rao held the additional charge of Vigilance Commissioner and the Commissioner for Administrative Reforms, which will also be looked after by Vaidyanathan.
According to reports, raids were also conducted at Rao's son Vivek's residence. The I-T officials recovered Rs 2000 notes amounting to Rs 30 lakh, five kilograms of gold with some other documents.
Searches were also conducted in Rao's office in the state secretariat and in several other places connected to Rao, his son and others. The raid ended on early Thursday morning.
