The Naveen Patnaik led Odisha government has taken a decision to promote two senior IAS officers of Odisha cadre to the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Rank.
1994 batch IAS officers G Mathivathanan and Santosh Kumar Sarangi have been allowed promotion to the Apex Scale in Level-17 of Pay Matrix.
According to a notification issued by the General Administration & Public Grievance (GA & PG) department, the officers have been promoted to apex scale.
Mr. Mathivathanan, who was principal in Housing and Urban Development department, has been appointed in the rank of Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) and allowed to continue there until further orders.
While Mr. Sarangi, who is now serving as Director General Foreign Trade (DGFT), has been given Proforma Promotion to the Apex Scale.
