Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today appointed 2012 batch IAS officer Nikhil Pavan Kalyan, Director Rural Development as Collector and District Magistrate, Jajpur.
“In exercise of the powers conferred under section 20(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 (Act II of 1974), the State Government do hereby appoint Shri Nikhil Pavan Kalyan, IAS as the District Magistrate in the district of Jajpur,” read a notification issued by the General Administration & Public Grievance Department of the Government of Odisha on Wednesday.
Ommcom News sources have learnt that the present Jajpur Collector Dr Subhankar Mohapatra had voluntarily declared before the Election Commission of India that his brother-in-law is contesting from the Dhenkanal Parliamentary Constituency, in view of which the Commission decided to replace him during the election period.