The Odisha government on Saturday (04.01.2025) appointed senior IAS officer Manoj Kumar Sahoo (IAS:2006:AGMUT) as Private Secretary to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Manjhi. Currently, he is serving as Special Secretary to the Chief Minister.
According to a notification issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance department, “The post of Private Secretary to the Chief Minister, Odisha, is declared equivalent in status and responsibility of the post of Special Secretary pro-vided in the IAS cadre of the State,”.
Sahoo, an AGMUT cadre IAS officer, replaced IAS officer Arindam Dakua (IAS:2011:AGMUT) who was appointed as Director of Municipal Administration and Ex-Officio Additional Secretary of Housing and Urban Development department.
The central government had approved Sahoo’s inter-cadre deputation to Odisha for three years in November last year. The officer was the Deputy Election Commissioner from November 2022 till his deputation was approved.
