Bhubaneswar, Jul 19 (PTI) In a minor reshuffle, Odisha govenrment today appointed senior IAS officer Madhusudan Padhi as the principal secretary to Governor Dr Ganeshi Lal.

According to a General Administration department notification, Transport Commissioner Madhusudan Padhi replaced CJ Venugopal as the principal secretary to the Governor.

Venugopal has been appointed as the principal secretary, Electronics and IT department.

Commissioner, Commercial Tax, Saswat Mishra, has been given the additional charge of transport commissioner, the post held by Padhi, the notification said.

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