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AP Government Rejects PS Praveen Prakash Transfer Orders Feb 01, 2021, 12:42 IST
AMARAVATI: The Andhra Pradesh State government has rejected orders issued by the State Election Commission (SEC) to transfer Principal Secretary (Political) Praveen Prakash to the General Administration Department. It clarified that SEC does not have the power to take direct action against an All India Service Officer. Chief Secretary to the Government Aditya Nath Das wrote a letter to the SEC on Sunday to this effect. Clarifying the allegations made against Praveen Prakash are baseless, CS asked to reconsider taking action against him.
Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Praveen Prakash reacted to the State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar s letter to CS Aditya Nath Das about action against him and denied the charges made by the SEC against him.
Andhra SEC Seeks Removal of Senior IAS Officer from Election Duties, Govt Advisor
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The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission has sought the removal of Principal Secretary Praveen Prakash from poll duties, days after censuring two senior IAS officers for alleged dereliction in discharging their work related to gram panchayat poll. The SEC also in a letter to Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan sought the removal of the state government s Advisor S Ramakrishna Reddy from his post for allegedly criticising him sitting in the ruling YSR Congress Party s office.
In a letter to the Chief Secretary Adityanath Das on Thursday, SEC N Ramesh Kumar alleged Prakash was primarily responsible for scuttling a video conference convened by the commission with the District Collectors and Superintendents of Police on January 23 on poll preparedness. The State Election Commission invokes its plenary powers under Article 243 read with Article 324 to transfer Praveen Prakash, IAS, with a v