Bhubaneswar:(ONT Bureu)3/3/17: Bowing to the 11-day cease-work agitation of the clerical staff of Koraput district over Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s chopper landing approval row during panchayat elections, the Odisha government on Friday transferred Koraput Collector Jaykumar V.Official sources said, Anupam Shah, Project Director, DRDA, Bolangir district will replace Jaykumar with immediate effect.Meanwhile, the clerical employees protesting under the aegis of Koraput Revenue Employees Association have withdrawn their strike following the government action.The employees’ body during a meeting with private secretary of chief minister Naveen Patnaik earlier in the day had demanded the cancellation of transfer order of 11 of their colleagues and removal of the Collector among others.However, the collector withdrew the suspension orders of all the 11 clerks but transferred them to various other block offices.
