23rd September, 2002
President's Secretariat  


PRESS COMMUNIQUE


The President has been pleased to make the following appointments:-

1. Shri Mohammad Fazal, Governor of Goa, is transferred and appointed as Governor of Maharashtra for the remainder of his term in place of Shri Justice C.L. Thakkar, Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.

2. Shri Kidar Nath Sahani, Governor of Sikkim, is transferred and appointed as Governor of Goa for the remainder of his term in place of Shri Mohammad Fazal.

3. Shri V. Rama Rao is appointed as the Governor of Sikkim vice Shri Kidar Nath Sahani.

The above appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices.