The employees were also divided into two broad categories: the Reporting Wing consisting of staff who record the Assembly proceedings and the General Administrative Wing. On the other hand, there were 497 posts in the general administrative wing leading to the highest post of Assembly Secretary. Jamaludeen was appointed as Assembly Secretary on May 16, 2011, and though he attained the age of superannuation on May 31, 2012, he was given an extension of service till May 31, 2017. Thereafter, the incumbent Assembly Secretary K. Boopathy should have been appointed immediately. However, the Speaker, in order to test the loyalty of Mr. Boopathy, appointed him as Assembly Secretary (in-charge) on June 3, 2017 and made him continue so till September 7 when he was appointed as a regular Assembly Secretary.

Source: The Hindu February 21, 2018 19:55 UTC