Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar has written to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry stating he wants to resign the post with effect from 4 November.
Sircar, who was appointed as Prasar Bharati CEO in 2012 by the UPA-II government and whose term expires next February, has written to the I&B ministry that he would like to tender his resignation prematurely.
In a letter to I&B Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday, Sircar conveyed his desire to leave "just after Diwali", which is on 30 October.
He has written another letter to I&B secretary Ajay Mittal saying, he would like to tender his resignation from the post "with effect from 4 November".
Sources added that Sircar may stay on till the auction policy for Doordarshan slots are cleared.
“In the letter to the I&B Ministry, Sircar has also informed of his wish to relocate to Kolkata,” an official source said.
When contacted, Sircar said he did not wish to make any comment on the matter.
Last month, Sircar had said he is considering resigning the post and he has thought "very strongly" about this option.
Sircar had retired as Secretary, Culture, in the Union government and was then appointed as Prasar Bharati CEO in 2012.
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