16 October 2026
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TN: 20 IAS Officers Transferred, Darez Ahamed Made Secretary, SPID, S Malarvizhi Will Be Addl Secy, Water Resources

1990 batch senior IAS officer C Umashankar has been transferred and posted as Additional CS and Director, Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute
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In a major administrative reshuffle in Tamil Nadu, the Tamil Nadu government transferred and posted 20 IAS officers on Saturday.

Government has also created new posts on a temporary basis for a period of one year.

2005 batch IAS officer Darez Ahamed, who is Commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, has been transferred and posted as Secretary to Government, Special Program Implementation Department (SPID) vice Gagandeep Singh Bedi, an IAS officer of 1993 batch, holding additional charges.

He shall also hold the post of Commissioner of Social Security Scheme, Office of the Commissioner of Revenue Administration in full additional charge vice N Venkatachalam, a government order issued by Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena said.

1990 batch senior IAS officer C Umashankar is transferred and posted as Additional CS, Director, Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute. He was serving as Additional Chief Secretary, Commissioner of Disciplinary Proceedings, Chennai.

Ms S Malarvizhi, an IAS officer of 2009 batch and Chairperson of Science City, has been transferred and posted as Additional Secretary to Government, Water Resources department vice R Kannan, a 2010-batch IAS officer.

The government created a temporary post of Additional Chief Secretary/Director, Entrepreneurship development and Innovation institute in the Chief Secretary grade for a period of one year with effect from the date of appointment or till the need for it ceases, a Government Order said.

“Further, Sanction is accorded for the creation of temporary posts of Secretary to Government, Special Program Implementation department; Commissioner of Land Reforms and Special Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise department in the Super Time Scale of IAS for a period of one year with effect from the date of appointment or till the need for them cease, whichever is earlier, ” it added.


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