Governor Asks Officials To Finish Bifurcation Works

Governor E S L Narasimhan has directed the designated officials to complete all formalities on all key issues of the state's bifurcation by May 15.

He has also directed the officials to complete the process well before June 2 - the deadline fixed for the formation of the two new states and for elected governments to be put in place.

Chief Secretary Dr P K Mohanty and other senior officers made a detailed presentation to the Governor on the issue of the re-organization of the state.

This included key issues, timelines and action plans which are being/are to be implemented by various departments.

The Principal Secretary, Finance, gave a presentation on the employee allocation issues, guidelines, state advisory committees, and All India Service Officers allocation.

He also presented the details of financial assets allocation and how all the departments are geared up for ensuring that both the states start functioning smoothly from the appointed day.

The Principal Secretary, Finance, also made a presentation about the activities which are common to all departments, like copying of files and maintaining a record room, movable and fixed assets division, training institutions, laws and court cases, and IT infrastructure management.

The officials have also informed the Governor that all the files will be indexed and categorized, and copies will be made available to both the governments.

The Governor advised the Chief Secretary and other senior officials to complete the entire work before the second week of May, and to do it in a systematic, fair and transparent way.

He emphasized that as far as the common man is concerned, all the services which the public was receiving now, should continue without any disruption.

He also ordered the officials to pay particular attention to the smooth functioning of the public distribution system, various pension payments, and supply of seeds to the farming community.

Special Chief Secretary to the Governor Dr. N Ramesh Kumar, Spl. Chief Secretary (Planning) S P Tucker, Dr. P V Ramesh, Dr. Sambasiva Rao, Premchandra Reddy, K Ramakrishna Rao from the Finance department and B Venkatesham from the state's Reorganization Cell attended the review meeting. (INN)