IAS officers in Kerala today came out against the state government's decision to appoint the Home Secretary as the acting Chief Secretary in place of Lizzie Jacob, who quit the post following a row over the construction of a helipad at the site for ISRO's Space Institute.
A delegation of the state IAS Officers' Association called on Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan at his official residence today to convey their "sentiments" at the selection of Home Secretary K J Mathew as acting Chief Secretary while overlooking the seniority of several officers.
The association complained that in the selection to the top-most official post, the seniority of other officers, some of them on Central deputation and some serving in the state, had been overlooked, sources said.
Jacob had gone on leave ahead of taking voluntary retirement from service after the chief minister criticised her for not consulting him before giving approval to build the helipad at an estate at Ponmudi, part of which was purchased by the Indian Space Research Organisation for its Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology.
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