Keralam govt. appoints S. Karthikeyan as Excise Commissioner in another bureaucratic reshuffle

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM In yet another major bureaucratic reshuffle in Keralam in recent weeks, S. Karthikeyan was on Thursday appointed as the Excise Commissioner to replace Seeram Sambasiva Rao, who was controversially relieved from the post last week a few days after Excise Minister M. Liju publicly indicated his disapproval on the granting of bar licence to a lounge at the Kochi airport despite the government’s objection to a similar application.

Mr. Karthikeyan, who is returning from leave, has been appointed as Special Secretary, Water Resources department and will hold full additional charges of Excise Commissioner and Special Secretary, Housing department. M.G.

Rajamanickam, who was last week relieved from the post of chairperson and managing director of the Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEB) and posted as Secretary of the Local Self-Government department will hold full additional charge of executive director, Information Kerala Mission (IKM).