Finally Delhi will get a new chief secretary in Dharmendra Kumar, a 1989 batch AGMUT IAS officer, who is currently serving as chief secretary of Arunachal Pradesh. Dharmendra Kumar is scheduled to retire in September next year.
The outgoing chief secretary Naresh Kumar could not be third time lucky as the government didn't give him extension for the third time. Kumar, a 1987 batch UT cadre officer, had got extension twice before superannuating today.
The appointment of senior bureaucrat Dharmendra Kumar as Chief Secretary came just before five months of the Delhi Assembly elections. Moreover, he will be taking over at a time when the Delhi government is at loggerheads with the Lieutenant Governor.
Who is Dharmendra Kumar?
IAS Dharmendra is an officer of the 1989 batch of the All India Administrative Service. He is currently the Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh. About two and a half years ago, when IAS Naresh Kumar was made the Chief Secretary of Delhi, he was also in the race for the post of Chief Secretary, but at that time he was sent to Arunachal Pradesh. While Naresh Kumar was made the Chief Secretary of Delhi.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Dharmendra is a B.Tech (Civil Engineer) degree holder from an academic point of view. Before being made the Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh, he was also the Chairperson of the New Delhi Municipal Council. He has worked in many positions in the Delhi government. In 2022, he was given the responsibility of Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh in April 2022 on the orders of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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