The Ministry of Home Affairs has recently transferred the Commissioner-cum-Secretary to the Puducherry government, IAS M. Raju to the Jammu and Kashmir administration. Mr. Raju, a 2005-batch AGMUT cadre IAS officer, had been overseeing crucial departments like Health, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Labour in the Puducherry Administration. Officer Raju earlier served as the Secretary (Finance) in the Puducherry Administration.
The Ministry replaced Officer Raju with IAS Yasha Mudgal (2007-batch IAS officer), who was posted in the Jammu and Kashmir administration.