Mangalore: DC Ponnuraj’s Transfer Cancelled
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Nov 3: On Tuesday November 2, the state government, through an order, cancelled the transfer of Dakshina Kannada district deputy commissioner (DC), V Ponnuraj, to Shimoga. Along with him, transfer orders of three more IAS officers and a KAS officer were also cancelled.
V Ponnuraj, an IAS officer, had been transferred to Shimoga district as DC in place of Pankaj Kumar Pandey. Pandey’s transfer order also stands cancelled, and he will continue as the DC of Shimoga district.
P Shivshankar, Dakshina Kannada zilla panchayat chief executive officer, who was transferred as the chief executive officer of Shimoga zilla panchayat, has been retained in the present post. V B Patil, secretary of Karnataka Public Service Commission, who was posted as the director of Agricultural Market, will continue in his present post. G Ramachandra also will continue as the director of Agricultural Market.
Karnataka Administrative Service officer, A B Ibrahim, who was transferred as the commissioner of the local city corporation, has been posted as the chief administrative officer of Kaveri Irrigation Corporation having its headquarters at Mysore. In the meanwhile, Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister, Krishna J Palemar, said that even the transfer of Mangalore city corporation commissioner, Dr K N Vijayaprakash, has been cancelled.
V Ponnuraj’s next posting is yet to be decided. The transfer of Ponnuraj, who had gained popularity through his aggressive people-friendly and development initiatives in the district, was resented by many. As new incumbent, Subodh Yadav, took over charge of Dakshina Kannada district a few days back, it is being analyzed that Ponnuraj may not be able to take charge of his earlier post. As the government has not shown Ponnuraj’s next posting, several media persons tried to contact Ponnuraj to ascertain the position, but he did not respond to these calls.