Mrs Guha Poonam Tapas Kumar IAS (Odisha 2008), presently Special Secretary, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water (PR & DW) Department, Odisha, with additional charge of CEO, Odisha Rural Development And Marketing Society (ORMAS), Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Handloom, Textiles & Handicrafts Department, and Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Excise Department, is appointed as Commissioner-cum-Secretary – Handloom, Textiles & Handicrafts Department with additional charge as Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government, Excise Department, Govt of Odisha.
Also, The allocation of the post of as Principal Secretary – Handloom, Textiles & Handicrafts Department to Dr Arabinda Kumar Padhee IAS and of Principal Secretary – Excise Department, Odisha, to Shri Sushil Kumar Lohani IAS stands cancelled.