Chennai, April 11 The ECI ordered the transfer of Tamil Nadu Home Secretary Dheeraj Kumar and appointed K Manivasan in his place on Saturday.
The 1993 batch IAS officer, Manivasan, has been directed to join immediately.
Furthermore, the release from the Election Commission of India stated that Kumar should not be assigned to any election-related posts until the completion of the elections.
Earlier, the ECI ordered the transfer of Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary N Muruganandam and appointed senior IAS officer M Sai Kumar in his place. Similarly, the ECI ordered the transfer of Greater Chennai Police Commissioner A Arun, replacing him with the 1997 batch IPS officer Abhin Dinesh.