By Our Correspondent
PURI/BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Government on Saturday shifted VV Yadav as Chief Administrator of Puri’s Shree Jagannatha Temple Administration and posted Ranjan Kumar Das, IAS (SCS-2007) in his place.
Ahead of Rath Yatra, Das’s appointment bears significance. Das was special secretary in Odia Language & Culture department with additional charge of Director Odia Language, Literature and Culture.
The post of Chief Administrator, SJTA is declared equivalent in status and responsibility to the post of Special Secretary provided in the IAS cadre of the State.
The additional appointment of VV Yadav as Chief Administrator SJTA shall stand terminated from the date Ranjan Kumar Das takes over, a notification of General Administration and Public Grievances Department said.
