The Election Commission said that Neelam Meena will not hold any additional charge of the state government while holding the post of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO). (File photo)

Senior IAS officer Neelam Meena named Bengal's poll panel chief

In a letter to West Bengal's chief secretary, the Election Commission said Meena, a 1998 batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre, is being appointed as the CEO.

by · India Today

In Short

  • Neelam Meena is a 1998-batch IAS officer from the West Bengal cadre
  • EC has said the officer won't hold any additional charge of the state govt
  • Appointment follows Manoj Agarwal's elevation as Bengal's chief secretary

Senior IAS officer Neelam Meena was on Monday appointed as the new chief electoral officer of West Bengal after Manoj Kumar Agarwal was elevated as the state's chief secretary recently.

In a letter to the state chief secretary, the poll authority said Meena, a 1998 batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre, is being appointed as the CEO.

It said Meena will not hold any additional charge of the state government while holding the post of chief electoral officer.

Soon after the BJP government took charge of the state, Agarwal was elevated as the chief secretary.

He was responsible for the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls ahead of assembly polls and oversaw the highly charged state elections.

The West Bengal government had forwarded a panel of three senior IAS officers to the Election Commission for the selection of the state's next CEO.

The nominees were Neelam Meena, Tanmay Chakrabarty and Moumita Godara Basu, officials had said.

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