Former Chief Secretary and author CP Nair passed away on Friday. He was 81.

Chellappan Parameswaran Nair was the member of the Administrative Reforms Commission.

He headed the Committee to rewrite the half century old Kerala Education Act and Rules ( KEAR).

He also served as the Commissioner of Travancore Devaswom Board.

He was the son of renowned playwright and short story writer N P Chellappan Nair.

Belonging to the civil service batch of 1962, he held the posts of Home Secretary and Labour Secretary in Government of Kerala. As Labour Secretary, he was instrumental in setting up of most of the Welfare Boards for workers. 

An award-winning writer and columnist, C P Nair wrote a handful of books including "Thakil", "Uganda Malayalam", "Lankayil Oru Maruthi" and so on and the work "Irukalimoottakal" had won him the Kerala Sahithya Akademi award.

He is survived by wife Saraswathy and two children.

People from various walks of life including ministers and political leaders condoled the death of the former bureaucrat.

Condoling Nair's death, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan remembered him as an eminent bureaucrat and writer.

"His services as Chief Secretary and Administrative Reforms Commission member were noteworthy," he said adding that Nair made valuable contributions to the filed of literature as well.

The funeral is expected to take place on Saturday.