No entry into Secretariat

Express News Service
Hyderabad, March 6:

  The entry of outsiders into the Secretariat was barred with immediate effect. With the division process at a brisk pace, the State Secretariat, the abode of administration, was declared as restricted area. Outsiders were not allowed to enter into the sections or offices located in the Secretariat, especially in the C Block which houses General Administration Department.
  Heavy security was placed near the main entrance of the Secretariat, through which the Chief Minister or Chief Secretary enters in the Secretariat. The Chief Ministers' public relations office too was closed and locked on Thursday. The staff attached in the CPRO was sent to their parent departments.
 Now, even scribes should take prior appointment to meet the Chief Secretary.
 The principal secretary (Political) N Siva Sankar issued orders to this effect and displayed these orders in all important places in the Secretariat.
 The orders stated that "in the meeting convened by the Chief Secretary on February 25 with special chief secretaries, principal secretaries and secretaries on the follow up action on AP Reorganisation, Bill, a decision was taken not to allow any unauthorised persons into sections/offices of Secretariat with immediate effect. All the officers staff are further directed not to take any files unauthorisedly outside the secretariat.
  The Chief secretary, is directed to ensure compliance of these instructions scrupulously," the orders stated. The orders were circulated to all departments in the Secretariat.
   Accordingly, the security personnel on duty were denying the entry into the key sections and offices of the Secretariat from Thursday.

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