Haryana chief secy Rastogi to get extension in service

The Haryana government has decided to seek extension in service for 1990 batch IAS officer and incumbent chief secretary Anurag Rastogi, thus allowing the officer to continue to hold the charge of chief secretary from July 1.

- Hitender Rao

CHANDIGARH:

A communication recommending extension in service will be sent to the Centre shortly. Rastogi, who was appointed as chief secretary in February this year, is due to retire on June 30.

The All-India Service (death cum retirement benefits) Rules, 1958, provide for six months of extension in service for chief secretary with the prior approval of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) of the central government.

Sources said that the issue of Rastogi's extension in service was discussed at the concerned levels and it was decided to grant him extension in service.

Rastogi's batchmate and Himachal Pradesh chief secretary Prabodh Saxena was also granted a six-month extension in service by the ACC of the central government in March this year, two days before he was to superannuate.