Khanna appointed Delhi LG, Joshi moved to Meghalaya

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New Delhi, Apr 5 (UNI) Former bureaucrat and Ranbaxy Chairman Tejendra Khanna has been appointed as the new Lt Governor of Delhi.

Mr Khanna's appointment would take effect from the date he assumed charge, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said this evening.

He would take oath on April 9 at Raj Niwas, which would be administered by Delhi High Court Chief Justice Mukundakam Sharma.

Mr Khanna succeeds Mr B L Joshi, who would be taking over as Governor of Meghalaya.

Governor of Nagaland Katteekal Sankaranarayanan would discharge functions of Governor of Arunachal Pradesh in addition to his present duties, in absence of present Arunachal Governor S K Singh who was going on leave, the communique added.

This would be second term for Mr Khanna as LG of Delhi, the first being from January 7, 1997 to April 19, 1998.

A 1961 batch Indian Administrative Service officer, Mr Khanna (69) had retired from government service in 1996 as Union Commerce Secretary.

He had also held key posts as Union Food Secretary and Punjab Chief Secretary.

Mr Khanna has recently headed a central government-appointed committee to find a solution to the problem of unauthorised construction in the national capital, report of which formed the bed rock of the freshly unveiled Delhi Master Plan 2021.

He also had great interest in environment, especially preserving the threatened bio-diversity in the city, and water harvesting.

Mr Khanna had done MSc in Physics from Patna University and MA in Public Administration from University of California, USA.

Mr Khanna would take over as the 19th LG of Delhi. He had also held the post as the 16th.

This would be the second occasion that a person had become LG of Delhi twice, the other being Mr Jagmohan who was LG in 1980 and then in 1982.

UNI

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