<p align="justify">Former chief secretary M Sankaranarayanan, 83, passed away in the city on Saturday.</p>.<p align="justify">Sankaranarayanan held the post in the 1990-91 period. Sankaranarayanan had objections to promotion being granted by the then chief minister to officials who were being probed by the Lokayukta. He was transferred abruptly and it led to a petition by him in the Supreme Court, seeking the right for public servants to inform the public about the proceedings in government.</p>.<p align="justify">His father Justice Govinda Menon was India's chief prosecutor at the Tokyo war trials before being appointed to the Supreme Court.</p>.<p align="justify">Sankaranarayanan is survived by his wife Prabha Sankaranarayanan and two sons, Govind, Gopal, and their families.</p>
<p align="justify">Former chief secretary M Sankaranarayanan, 83, passed away in the city on Saturday.</p>.<p align="justify">Sankaranarayanan held the post in the 1990-91 period. Sankaranarayanan had objections to promotion being granted by the then chief minister to officials who were being probed by the Lokayukta. He was transferred abruptly and it led to a petition by him in the Supreme Court, seeking the right for public servants to inform the public about the proceedings in government.</p>.<p align="justify">His father Justice Govinda Menon was India's chief prosecutor at the Tokyo war trials before being appointed to the Supreme Court.</p>.<p align="justify">Sankaranarayanan is survived by his wife Prabha Sankaranarayanan and two sons, Govind, Gopal, and their families.</p>
