panaji the goa pradesh congress committee gpcc on sunday demanded that cm manohar parrikar should appoint his principal secretary as the states deputy cm as the official has been allegedly clearing files for the governmentgpcc president girish chodankar told reporters that the state government is functioning illegally as parrikar had allegedly given the cms powers to his secretary and principal secretary without any government notificationhe was referring to manohar parrikars note authorising his principal secretary to clear files goa is not parrikars personal property he said the decision is illegal arbitrary and unconstitutional it is going to put goa in deep trouble and there is going to be a standstill in future affecting many people he saidthe chief minister holds important portfolios like finance mines education corporation home and industries besides being the chairman of important corporations and bodies as a finance minister he has to give a number of expenditure sanctions financial concurrence on a number of fileschodankar said that the cm can give his approvals only after physically perusing matters before he takes a crucial decision and signs by giving secretaries access to the files he is violating these rules the note itself is selfrevealing and a fraud upon the constitution the signature given after oral instruction is totally illegal he said