Bhubaneswar, Jan 2: Two Odisha cadre IAS officers have been promoted to the Apex Scale by the state government.
The General Administration & Public Grievance (GA & PG) department issued a notification in this connection on Tuesday.
According to the government order, 1994 batch IAS officers G Mathivathanan and Santosh Kumar Sarangi have been allowed promotion to the Apex Scale in Level-17 of the Pay Matrix.
With this, both the officers have been elevated to the rank of additional chief secretary (ACS).
Mathivathanan, who was Principal Secretary in Housing and Urban Development department, has been posted in the rank of Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) and allowed to continue there until further orders.
Similarly, Sarangi, who is now serving as Director General Foreign Trade (DGFT), has been given Proforma Promotion to the Apex Scale.
