| Pulok Chatterji | |
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| Born | Uttar Pradesh, India |
Pulok Chatterji is a 1974 batch Indian Administrative Service officer from Uttar Pradesh Cadre. He is currently the Principal Secretary in the Prime Ministers Office.[1][2]
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He moved to the PMO as deputy secretary when Rajiv Gandhi took over as PM in 1985. He worked at the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and as Officer on Special Duty to Sonia Gandhi, when she was leader of the Opposition, he was also the PMO—the link between PM Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.[3]
In 2004, when UPA came to power, he returned to PMO as joint secretary before being promoted as secretary.
File notings available with India Today show that Pulok Chatterji, a senior official in the PMO in 2007-08, was fully aware of A. Raja's dubious decision-making in 2G spectrum scam. In this note, Chatterji basically agrees that spectrum can be allotted on payment of normal fees- the existing uasl fee of Rs 1,658 crore- which is what the nine licensees forked out for a pan-Indian footprint.[4]
As Joint Secretary in the PMO, Chatterji wrote a note on December 3, 2004, favouring Kalmadi's appointment citing the host city contract and precedent of the 1982 Asian Games. Chatterji's note said Kalmadi should head the OC, but recommended caveats to address concerns raised by then sports minister Sunil Dutt.[4]