The state government has sent the file to the central government to give extension to Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi. Anurag Rastogi is retiring on 30 June. Like the Chief Secretaries of Himachal Pradesh and Odisha, the Chief Secretary of Haryana is also likely to get a six-month extension.
In case he gets a six-month extension, his tenure will end on 31 December. Before this period, the claims of three IAS officers who are contenders for the post of Chief Secretary on the basis of seniority may be adversely affected.
If Anurag Rastogi gets an extension, the biggest impact will be on 1990 batch IAS officer Anand Mohan Sharan, who is the Additional Chief Secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Animal Conservation and Environment. His retirement is on 31 August this year. The other strong contenders for the post of Chief Secretary are 1990 batch IAS officers Sudhir Rajpal and Dr. Sumita Mishra.
Additional Chief Secretary of Health and Women and Child Development Department Sudhir Rajpal will retire on 30 November 2026.
If Anurag Rastogi gets an extension of service of only six months and the government does not give him extension again after the completion of this period, then only Sudhir Rajpal’s possibility of becoming Chief Secretary will remain. Similarly, 1990 batch IAS Dr. Sumita Mishra, who is in the race for the post of Chief Secretary, will retire on 31 January 2027.
In case of extension of service of Anurag Rastogi, he may have to wait a long time for the Chief Secretary.
l File for extension of service of Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi reached the Central Government. Anand Mohan Sharan will retire on 31 August, Sudhir Rajpal and Sumita Mishra will also be affected
Service extension of Chief Secretaries has been happening earlier also. Chief Secretaries have been getting extension in service earlier also. It started during the government of former Chief Minister Chaudhary Bansi Lal.
The Bansi Lal government had given extension to the then Chief Secretary MC Gupta for six months from August 1996 to January 1997. The Congress government led by former Bhupendra Singh Hooda had given extension to three IAS officers on the post of Chief Secretary. In 2013, PK Chaudhary, who was the Chief Secretary in the Hooda government, got an extension of six months.
