Senior civil servant P J Thomas has been appointed as Chief Secretary in Kerala, replacing Lizzie Jacob, who quit the post in the backdrop of the row over ISRO land deal at Ponmudi.
Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan today signed the orders appointing Thomas as the Chief Secretary, a spokesman in the Chief Minister's office said.
IAS officers' association on Sunday had expressed their strong reservations on the chief minister's decision to give the charge of the high-level post to K J Mathew, overlooking seniority of other officers, including Thomas.
A 1973 batch IAS officer, Thomas is presently Principal Secretary, Higher Education.
Lizzie Jacob had last week gone on three months' leave ahead of her plan to take voluntary retirement from service, apparently irked by Achuthanandan's open remark on her giving the nod for the construction of a helipad at Ponmudi without consulting him.
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