<p> Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday bid farewell to Chief Secretary Subhash Chandra Kuntia, who is retiring on November 30. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In a farewell ceremony organised at the chief minister's official residence Krishna, Siddaramaiah felicitated Kuntia with a Mysore peta, shawl and a silver plaque.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kuntia who took charge as the chief secretary on October 1, 2016 is a 1981 batch officer, who was hand picked by Siddaramaiah given his "clean" records.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With Kuntia's retirement, Additional Chief Secretary Ratna Prabha is tipped to be the next chief secretary owing to her seniority, though other IAS officers including T M Vijay Bhaskar and S K Pattanaik are also in the race for the top post.<br /> </p>
<p> Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday bid farewell to Chief Secretary Subhash Chandra Kuntia, who is retiring on November 30. </p>.<p class="bodytext">In a farewell ceremony organised at the chief minister's official residence Krishna, Siddaramaiah felicitated Kuntia with a Mysore peta, shawl and a silver plaque.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kuntia who took charge as the chief secretary on October 1, 2016 is a 1981 batch officer, who was hand picked by Siddaramaiah given his "clean" records.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With Kuntia's retirement, Additional Chief Secretary Ratna Prabha is tipped to be the next chief secretary owing to her seniority, though other IAS officers including T M Vijay Bhaskar and S K Pattanaik are also in the race for the top post.<br /> </p>
