Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary V Irai Anbu (IAS:1988:TN) is retiring on June 30. Shiv Das Meena (IAS:1989:TN), Additional Chief Secretary, Municipal Administration, and Water Supply Department is likely to replace Irai Anbu. Meena tops the bureaucrats who ran for CS post including Hans Raj Varma (IAS:1986:TN) and N Muruganandam (IAS:1991:TN).
The incumbent chief secretary V Irai Anbu was appointed as chief secretary of Tamil Nadu replacing Rajeev Ranjan on May 7, 2021 after MK Stalin took oath as chief minister of the state.
Irai Anbu also opted out of the competition for a state Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and Mohammad Shakeel Akhtar (Retd IPS: 1989: TN) has been appointed as Chief Information Commissioner.
Meanwhile, Irai Anbu opted out of the competition for a state Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) too and Mohammad Shakeel Akhtar IPS (Retired) has been appointed as Chief Information Commissioner.