Pondy Govt officials finds difficult to work : CS

Puducherry, Oct 11: Puducherry Chief Secretary Manoj Parida today said that the officials of the administration were finding it difficult to work because of the contradictory orders from Lt Governor and Chief Minister. Talking to newspersons here, Mr Parida said both the Lt Governor and Chief Minister had apprised the Central government of this and the centre will take an appropriate decision in due course. It may be noted that following power struggle between the Lt.Governor Kiran Bedi and Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, both are issuing different orders in a same issue. Several officers including two IAS officers here are under the clutches of the CBI in the medical admission scam following the Lt.Governor referring the matter to the CBI. The officials who maintain that they are obeying the orders from the Lt Governor and Chief Minister are now reluctant to work fearing punitive action from some section. Stating that the Air service from Puducherry to Hyderabad commenced recently is going on well, the Chief Secretary said that service to Bengaluru from Puducherry would soon begin. He said the Central government was apprised to expand the existing airport here instead of setting up a second airport and added that the 100 acres of land required for the expansion had already been identified. The Centre was also approached for the required funds for the expansion, he added. UNI