Thiruvananthapuram: Senior IPS officer Tomin J. Thachankary has been appointed as the Kerala Transport Commissioner.
The decision in this regard was taken at a Cabinet meeting held here on Wednesday morning.
He has been appointed to the Transport Commissioner's post as R. Sreelekha IPS will go on a three-month leave.
Rubber Marketing Federation Director S. Ratnakumar will replace Thachankary as the Managing Director of the Consumerfed.
He was removed from the post of Consumerfed MD after Congress 'I' group leaders reportedly opposed him continuing on the post.
Though there were plans to appoint him as the MD of KMML, Industries Minister Kunjalikutty opposed the move.