Himachal Pradesh Makes Last-Minute Chief Secretary Appointment — Five Days Before Retirement
Himachal Pradesh appoints acting Chief Secretary Sanjay Gupta to the post substantively, just five days before his retirement from the 1988 IAS batch.
In an unusual administrative move, the Himachal Pradesh government has confirmed acting Chief Secretary Sanjay Gupta as the state's substantive Chief Secretary, with merely five days remaining before his scheduled retirement. Gupta, a 1988 batch IAS officer, had been holding the charge in an acting capacity prior to this formal elevation. The late appointment has drawn attention as it regularises his incumbency at the apex of the state's civil service in the final stretch of his career.
