Cheema, who was the principal secretary of the Mass Education Extension and Library Service Department, has been moved to the post of new principal secretary of the board of administrators which was so far run by IAS Barun Roy as an administrator, a senior official at the state secretariat said today.
The West Bengal government on September 20 announced the formation of BoA in place of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration for Darjeeling hills and appointed rebel GJM leader Binay Tamang as its chairman.
Main Jain, secretary of the state Tourism Department was given the additional charges of the Planning, Statistics and Programme Monitoring Department, the official said.
Meanwhile, eyeing to complete and speed up development works in the hills of Darjeeling and Kalimpong, the board of administrators has decided to prepare an administrative calender, secretariat sources said.