IPS officers:
Disha Mittal, who was placed on ‘compulsory wait’ reportedly due to the inefficient handling of the protest organised by the BJP in front of the HR&CE Department office in Nungambakkam, has been posted as Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Technical Services, Chennai.
Deepa Sathyan, who was the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order), Pallikaranai, and was transferred following complaints over the mismanagement of crowd at A.R. Rahman’s concert last month, has been posted as Superintendent of Police/Assistant Inspector General of Police, Administration at the office of the Director-General of Police (DGP), Chennai.
K. Vannia Perumal, DGP, Civil Supplies CID, Chennai, has been posted as Director of Civil Defence and Commandant General Home Guards, Chennai.
R. Tamil Chandran, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Training, Police Training College, Chennai, has been posted as Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board (TNUSRB), Chennai.
P.K. Senthil Kumari, Member Secretary, TNUSRB, has been posted as Additional Commissioner of Police, Central Crime Branch, GCP.
C. Mageshwari, Additional Commissioner of Police, Central Crime Branch, GCP, has been posted as Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City.
K. Joshi Nirmal Kumar, Additional Director, Tamil Nadu Police Academy, has been posted as IGP, Civil Supplies CID.
The SPs of five districts have also been transferred.
IAS officers:
Alby John Varghese, Collector, Tiruvallur, will be the Managing Director (MD) of Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Chennai.
Karur Collector T. Prabhushankar will be Tiruvallur Collector and M. Thangavel, Joint Managing Director and Project Director (World Bank and Asian Development Bank Projects), Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board, will be Karur Collector.
Thoothukudi Collector K. Senthil Raj will be MD, State Industries Promotion Corporation (SIPC).
G. Lakshmipathy, Sub-Collector, Chengalpattu, will be Thoothukudi Collector.
K. Veera Raghava Rao, Commissioner, Employment and Training, will be Commissioner of Technical Education.
E. Sundaravalli, MD, SIPC, will be the Commissioner of Employment and Training.
It is important to note that the transfers of the IPS officers Disha Mittal and Deepa Sathyan come at a time when they are facing disciplinary action for their alleged misconduct. However, the government has clarified that the transfers are not a punishment, but are routine in nature.
