THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Central Election Commission (CEC) has appointed 14 IAS officers, including Raju Narayana Swamy, Principal Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs, as election observers in various states. The 14 IAS officers are Raju Narayana Swamy, MG Rajamanikyam, Veena N Madhavan, PB Nooh, TV Subhash, H Dineshan, Vinod VR, John V Samuel, N Devidas, Dr Vinay Goel, Anupam Mishra, Arun K. Vijayan, Arjun Pandyan and S Prem Krishnan.

Following this, their temporary assignments were handed over to other IAS officers. Pranab Jyotinath, Water Resources Secretary, will be in charge of Raju Narayana Swamy's Parliamentary Affairs, Military Welfare, Printing and Stationery Departments. VRK Teja Mylavarapu will replace Rajamanikyam as KSIDC MD. B Abdul Nasser will be the Acting Director of the Scheduled Caste Development Department. C Ajayan will replace Veena Madhavan as Additional Secretary, Higher Education. Joint Director Mini Krishnan will serve as the director of the State Insurance Department.

PB Nooh will be replaced by Additional Registrar Binoy Kumar as the Registrar of Co-operative Societies. Medical Services Corporation MD D Balamurali will be the Chief Executive Officer of LIFE Mission. TV Subhash, Director, Department of Agricultural Development, will be replaced by Additional Director, VR Sonia. H Dineshan will be replaced as Panchayat Director by Additional Director Ajith Kumar.

VR Vinod will be replaced as Maritime Board CEO by Chief Mechanical Engineer Rajeev Mon. KS Pradeep Kumar will replace John V Samuel as Coir Development Director, while MDS. Venkateshpathy will serve as Director of the Groundwater Department.

Devidas will be replaced by Housing Chief Planner U Urmila Raj as the Housing Commissioner. Additional Secretary K Babu will be the Housing Secretary. G SiddharthAN will be the Director of the Backward Development Department.