SN Sahai named new power secy as Garg’s retirement accepted

SAHAI,A 1986-BATCH UT-CADRE OFFICER WHO WAS THE SPECIAL SECRETARY IN THE POWER MINISTRY, SUCCEEDS SC GARG

NEWDELHI: Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Sanjeev Nandan Sahai was on Tuesday named the next power secretary succeeding Subhash Chander Garg, who had sought voluntary retirement after being moved out from the post of finance secretary soon after the Union Budget was passed by Parliament. Garg was serving a three-month notice period pending acceptance of his voluntary retirement.

According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training, the appointment committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appointed 1986-batch union territory-cadre officer Sahai, who was the special secretary in the power ministry, as secretary upon the retirement of Garg on October 31.

Garg, who would have retired next year after completing the 60-year age of superannuation, was removed as finance secretary and appointed power secretary in July. He had sought voluntary retirement from service and it was granted.

Among other key appointments, 1987-batch IAS officer Pankaj Kumar, the additional secretary in the ministry of electronics and information technology, will be the chief executive officer of the Unique Identification Authority of India, which issues Aadhaar.

Braj Raj Sharma has been appointed as the chairman of the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) “by temporarily upgrading the post and keeping the recruitment rules of the post in abeyance”, the order said.

Nagendra Nath Sinha, who was the chairman of the National Highways Authority of India, has been posted as secretary of the department of border management in place of Sharma. Sanjeev Gupta will be the secretary of the Inter State Council Secretariat in the ministry of home affairs. Minority Affairs secretary Sailesh has been appointed secretary in the department of public enterprises, the ministry of heavy industries and public enterprises. Pramod Kumar Das will be the minority affairs secretary in place of Sailesh.