AP Chief Secretary Mohanty gets 4-month extension

It is given to understand that the service extension proposal of Dr P K Mohanty, as Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh, is under consideration in Government of India, who is due to retire today.

'The rules specifically mention that extension can only be considered when the officer is of outstanding merit and when there are no other qualified to hold that post', Krishna Rao said in the lette adding 'neither of these conditions is fulfilled in the instant case'.  

He said 'it is also informally told to me that the reasons for service extension are that an outside officer would be better equipped to deal with the state's division process as compared to an officer hailing from the state.

This very approach is an insult to the All India Service and in protest against such an attitude, I have decided to go on earned leave for a period of 10 days,' Krishna Rao added.