Lakshminarayanan to be appointed EC
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Press Trust of India Jun 28, 2006 08:58 PM IST
The announcement about Lakshminarayanan's appointment is likely to be made on Thursday.
S Lakshminarayanan, secretary in the Inter-State Council, is likely to be appointed as an Election Commissioner, official sources said on Wednesday.
Lakshminarayanan, a 1970 batch IAS officer from the Madhya Pradesh cadre, will fill the vacancy created with the elevation of N Gopalaswami as Chief Election Commissioner.
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Gopalaswami will take over the post from BB Tandon, who retires on Thursday.
The announcement about Lakshminarayanan's appointment is likely to be made on Thursday, the sources said.
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