Kolkata, March 9 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee formally took over the charge of the law department from Moloy Ghatak, according to a notification issued by the state's home and hill affairs department.
"As per the revised allocation of business, the chief minister has taken over the law department. Ghatak will now be in charge of only the labour department," the notification stated.
Ghatak had previously been handling both the labour and law departments.
Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress leader Babul Supriyo, who was recently elected to the Rajya Sabha, will no longer be a member of the state cabinet.
With Supriyo's departure, the departments of information technology, industrial reconstruction, and public enterprises, which were under his purview, are now vacant.
"These portfolios will temporarily remain with the CM until a fresh allocation is made," an official at the state secretariat said.
"The government is expected to announce a formal decision on the reallocation of these portfolios soon," the official added.