AK Mehta to be new chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmir
AK Mehta was on Thursday asked to take over as the new chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmir.
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NEW DELHI: AK Mehta, an IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre, was on Thursday asked to take over as the new chief secretary of the union territory after the incumbent BVR Subrahmanyam was transferred to the Commerce Ministry at the Centre, officials said.
Lt Governor Manoj Sinha was informed by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla about the decision which had a clearance of the Appointments Committee of Cabinet, they said.
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