In an interesting development, the appointment letters for newly appointed Chief Secretary of Maharashtra Sanjay Kumar, and Principal Advisor Ajoy Mehta, have been signed by the junior-most officer in Mantralaya. Transfer and posting orders of secretary rank bureaucrats are usually signed by additional chief secretary (services); in this case, Sitaram Kunte.
As per procedure, the file was submitted to Kunte’s office, but he had already left Mantralaya for the day. Since the CM’s office insisted both Sanjay Kumar and Mehta’s orders must be issued on the same day, Kunte asked a deputy secretary to issue the orders. A top bureaucrat said it was unfortunate that the junior-most officer had signed the orders.
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