Coimbatore : In the recent IFS officers shuffle by the State Government, A. Udhayan, former Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (APCCF) and Member Secretary of Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Board, Chennai, has been transferred from the post and posted as the APCCF of Coimbatore Circle in the newly created post.
Coimbatore : In the recent IFS officers shuffle by the State Government, A. Udhayan, former Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (APCCF) and Member Secretary of Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Board, Chennai, has been transferred from the post and posted as the APCCF of Coimbatore Circle in the newly created post.
The former Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) of Coimbatore Circle Deepak Srivastava has been promoted as APCCF and posted as Special Secretary (Forests), Environment and Forests Department at the Secretariat in Chennai.
Deepak Srivastava has been holding the post of CCF of Coimbatore Circle since May 2018 after being posted there from his former position as the Dean of Forest College in Mettupalayam.
The division of Coimbatore had undergone two major operations in his regime with the captures of Chinnathambi and Vinayagan. He was also holding additional charge as the Field Director of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR).
In his absence, K.K. Kaushal, former APCCF of Northern Region, Vellore, has been posted as APCCF and Field Director of MTR.
The Tamil Nadu Forest Academy (TNFA) is also getting a new APCCF and Director in Debasis Jana as he returns to the Department from serving as the Head of Land Use in the State Planning Commission.
The Former Director of TNFA has now replaced APCCF A. Udhayan as the APCCF and Member Secretary of Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Board, Chennai.
The forest circles of Vellore and Dharmapuri have also got new APCCF posts as the existing CCFs Sewa Singh, the CCF of Vellore Circle and A.K. Ulaganathan, the CCF of Dharmapuri Circle are promoted as APCCF and posted in their respective circles as APCCF.
While the orders have come yesterday, it is expected that the transferred officers would resume charge in the existing and newly created six posts immediately.