Andhra Pradesh has witnessed yet another unprecedented incident in the political history. First of its kind in India, the principal secretary of a Chief Minister has been issued show cause notice. And the notice is issued by none other than the Chief Secretary (CS) of Andhra Pradesh. CS LV Subramanyam has issued show cause notice to CM Jagan’s principal secretary and GAD (General Administration) principal secretary Praveen Prakash.
This is after Praveen reportedly violated the powers of his position and over-stepped into the powers of Chief Secretary. Without procuring approvals from Governor and Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary Praveen Prakash has issued orders amending Business Rules.
GAD principal secy has issued orders even to Special CS-level officials. This has sent wrong signals in bureaucrat circles. Chief Secretary LV Subramanyam is said to be happy over the development as he felt that this is violation of Business Rules.
Since Praveen Prakash works with Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, many in secretariat had thought it wouldn’t be easy to take action on him. Even before CS came to terms with the amendment of Business Rules, GAD principla secy Praveen has reportedly issued yet another GO indicating that he has powers to transfer Assistant Secretaries as well. This has further upset the CS LV Subramanyam.
Meanwhile, it is also rumoured that Principal Secretary hasn’t followed norms during sending files to cabinet meeting. These have irked Chief Secretary. With this, CS served Show Cause notice to Praveen Prakash for ‘different’ mistake.
Praveen is allegedly passing files without routing through Chief Secretary. He also reportedly not following usual process laid down for sending files to cabinet meetings. Finally, CS has cracked the whip against principal secretary Praveen.
This is expected to create a conflict within chief administration in AP Secretariat. CM Jagan has specially got Praveen Prakash from New Delhi to Amaravati who was earlier serving as the Resident Commissioner at AP Bhavan in Delhi.
More details are awaited. Praveen Prakash is yet to respond to the show cause notice sent to him.
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