Former J&K LG GC Murmu appointed new Comptroller and Auditor General of India

August 6: In an important development, former Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu was on Thursday appointed as the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). He replaced Rajiv Mehrishi, a 1978 batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, as the CAG.

An official order issued by Rajat Kumar Mishra, Joint Secretary to the Government of India on 6 August, it was stated that “By virtue of the power vested in him by Clause (1) of Article 148 of the Constitution of India, the President has been pleased to appoint Shri Girish Chandra Murmu to be the Comptroller and Auditor General of India with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.”

Murmu will take oath on August 8 (Saturday) at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Earlier in the day, President Ram Nath Kovind accepted Murmu’s resignation as the Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. 60-year-old Murmu had on October 29, 2019, taken over as the first  Lt Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.