Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday appointed 2012-batch IAS officer Nikhil Pavan Kalyan, Director of Rural Development, as the Collector and District Magistrate of Jajpur.
“In exercise of the powers conferred under section 20(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 (Act II of 1974), the State Government do hereby appoint Shri Nikhil Pavan Kalyan, IAS as the District Magistrate in the district of Jajpur,” read a notification issued by the General Administration & Public Grievance Department of the Government of Odisha on Wednesday.
Notably, Nikhil Pavan Kalyan was working as the Commissioner of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) before his transfer as the Director of Rural Development in Odisha.
As per reports, present Jajpur Collector Subhankar Mohapatra had voluntarily declared before the Election Commission of India (ECI) that his brother-in-law is contesting from the Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency. In view of this, the ECI decided to replace him during the election period.
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