Thiruvananthapuram, June 24 -- The Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday appointed senior IAS officer Bishwanath Sinha as the state's next Chief Secretary.
A 1992-batch IAS officer, Sinha will take over from incumbent Chief Secretary A. Jayathilak, who is scheduled to retire on June 30.
The Cabinet also decided to recommend to the Governor the appointment of retired District Judge N. Seshadrinathan as the State Election Commissioner.
Seshadrinathan is a native of Ernakulam.
In legal appointments, the Cabinet approved the appointment of N. Anilkumar as Special Government Pleader for the Lokayukta.
It also cleared the appointment of four Special Government Pleaders, 12 Senior Government Pleaders and 24 Government Pleaders in the Kerala High Court....