EC orders transfer of Andhra Chief Secretary

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The Election Commission, on Friday, ordered the transfer of Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Anil Chandra Punetha (IAS:1984:AP) and posted IAS officer L V Subrahmanyam (IAS:1983:AP) in his place. The EC has asked the state government to effect the order by Saturday forenoon.

The order of poll panel comes in the backdrop of Andhra Pradesh government reportedly refusing to shift three IPS officers, Director General (Intelligence) A B Venkateswara Rao, Kadapa Superintendent of Police Rahul Dev Sharma and Srikakulam SP Venkata Ratnam, in violation of EC instructions.

The ECI directed that Punetha, scheduled to retire from service May-end, be posted to a ‘non-election’ position.