Chief Secy Manoj Ahuja appointed working chairman of Puri Jagannath temple’s apex body

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday appointed Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja as the working chairman of the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee.

Ahuja, a 1990-batch IAS officer, has been assigned the responsibility in addition to his current duties, a notification issued by the Law Department said.

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Puri Gajapati Maharaja Dibya Singha Deb is the nominal head of the committee with Shree Jagannath Temple chief administrator, Puri collector and SP, and ASI superintending archaeologist as ex-officio members, apart from 12 other members.

Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee is the highest decision making body of the 12th-century shrine in Puri.

PTI