TN: Sagayam stays; 29 DCs named

CHENNAI:  The  government on Tuesday appointed 29 new District Collectors, but left two - U Sagayam and Archana Patnaik - Collectors of Madurai and The Nilgiris, undisturbed.During the poll campaign, DMK’s south zone organising secretary M K Alagiri demanded that Sahayam be transferred, claiming he was acting against the DMK, but the Election Commission refused to budge. Following Tuesday order, Anu George, Deputy Commissioner (R and F), Chennai Corporation is new Ariyalur Collector; B Maheswari, Commissioner, Ambattur Municipality is Pudukottai Collector.M Karunakaran, Joint Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Ltd is the new Kovai Collector; V Amuthavalli, Additional Registrar of Cooperative Societies is Cuddalore Collector; R Lilly, Joint Commissioner of Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection is Dharmapuri Collector. K Nagarajan, Jt Commissioner of (Disaster Management), Revenue Administration is new Dindigul Collector; S Sivashamuga Raja, Dy Secy, Public (Protocol) Dept is Kanch Collector; T Munusamy, Jt Commissioner, Land Administrative Reforms is Nagai Collector; J Kumaragurubaran, Jt Commissioner (LTU), Commercial Taxes, Chennai is Namakkal Collector. Darez Ahmed, Dy Commissioner (Works), Chennai Corporation is the new Perambalur Collector; K Makarabhushanam, Executive Director, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board is Salem Collector; V Shanta, Jt Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, Coimbatore is Sivaganga Collector.K S Palanisami, Dy Secy, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department is the new Theni Collector, R Selvaraj, Secy, TN Information Commission is Tuticorin Collector; Jayashree Muralidharan, Jt Secy, Home Department is Tiruchy Collector. S Natarajan, Executive Director, SIPCOT is new Nellai Collector; N Mathivanan, Addl Commissioner of Sugar is Tirupur Collector; Anshul Mishra, Commissioner of Coimbatore Corporation is Tiruvannamalai Collector.S Nagarajan, Additional Director of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj is the new Vellore Collector; C T Manimekalai, Ex-State Commissioner of Differently Abled is Villupuram Collector; and M Balaji, Dy Commissioner (Education), Chennai Corporation is Virudhunagar Collector; Asish Chatterjee, Kanchi Collector, will take over as Tiruvallur Collector.  V Arun Roy, Krishnagiri Collector, will take over as Ramnad Collector. C N Maheswaran, Tuticorin Collector, is the new Krishnagiri Collector. Chennai Collector V Shobana is the new Karur Collector; Dharmapuri Collector R Anandkumar will be the Erode Collector; Nagai Collector C Munianathan will take over in Tiruvarur replacing K Bhaskaran, the new Thanjavur Collector.