Nabakishore opts for voluntary retirement ; RR Rashmi takes charge as CS
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 07 2017:
Rajani Ranjan Rashmi has taken charge as the Chief Secretary of the State from today .
According to a reliable source, RR Rashmi arrived in Imphal from New Delhi today morning and took charge as the Chief Secretary .
Later in the evening, he presided over a meeting of the Planning Department which was held at the conference hall of Old Secretariat .
Meanwhile, O Nabakishore who was replaced by RR Rashmi as the Chief Secretary submitted an application to the Commissioner (Department of Personnel), VK Dewangan today to take voluntary retirement from Indian Adminis- trative Service from October 9 on personal grounds .
He sought voluntary retirement from service under All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958 .
He has taken charge as the Director General of State Academy of Training from today .
It is speculated that O Nabakishore might have submitted the notice for taking voluntary retirement after he was removed from the post of Chief Secretary by the State Government before his term expired.