The Andra Pradesh government, on Tuesday, issued posting order of Gopal Krishna Dwivedi (IAS:1993:AP) as the principal secretary of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development. After serving as the State Chief Electoral Officer, the Election Commission recently transferred Dwivedi from the post and put Vijayanand in his place. As the principal secretary of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development department was lying vacant after the transfer of KS Jawahar Reddy as principal secretary to Medical and Health department.