NEW DELHI:  The Election Commission has ordered the appointment of Dushyant Nariala as the new chief secretary of West Bengal, which goes to assembly polls in two phases next month.

Till now, Nandini Chakravarty was the state chief secretary. EC said she would be kept out of poll-related assignments.

In a letter to the state government sent on Sunday night, the poll authority has also directed the appointment of Sanghamitra Ghosh as principal secretary, Home and Hill Affairs.