Corpn commissioner Jatavath shunted out

Coimbatore: While the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths has been increasing, the state government on Saturday transferred city corporation commissioner Sravan Kumar Jatavath and posted him as deputy secretary to the agriculture department.
Jatavath will be replaced by P Kumaravel Pandian, who is working as deputy commissioner (works) of the Greater Chennai Corporation.
The transfer comes just days after the corporation mandated commercial and industrial establishments to test employees once a fortnight in private laboratories. A few weeks ago, a corporation school sparked a controversy when its application form asked students if they wanted to learn Hindi as third language.
Jatavath, who was the 24th commissioner of the Coimbatore city corporation, took charge in February 2019. The 2014 batch IAS officer is an engineering graduate from IIT-Bombay. He worked as assistant collector in Trichy and assistant secretary to cabinet minister of information and broadcasting before assuming charge as sub-collector of Tirupur.