ECI Order: Shalini Pandit Replaces Sujata Karthikeyan As Mission Shakti Secy

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday removed IAS officer Sujata Karthikeyan from the post of Secretary, Mission Shakti, and appointed her as Special Secretary, Finance department.

The development followed an instruction from the Election Commission of India in this regard.

A notification of General Administration and Public Grievances department, said Sujata Karthikeyan, Secretary, Mission Shakti with additional charge of Secretary, Odia Language, Literature and Culture department, has been posted as Special Secretary, Finance department.

Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Shalini Pandit has been assigned additional charge as Secretary of Mission Shakti, and Secretary, Odia Language, Literature and Culture.

Karthikeyan’s additional charge of Secretary, Odia Language, Literature and Culture department will be terminated the day Pandit assumes office, the notification added.