New Delhi: Ending weeks of speculation the Central Government has given a year's extension to B K Chaturvedi as the Union Cabinet Secretary.
An order to this effect has been issued by the Government following the decision of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to give Chaturvedi, who was to retire on June 13 next month, a year's extension.
Chaturvedi, an IAS officer of 1966 batch from Uttar Pradesh cadre, was appointed Cabinet Secretary on June 14, 2004 succeeding Kamal Pande, whose two-year fixed tenure was cut short by two months by the UPA Government and was shifted to the Planning Commission.
Chaturvedi was moved to this post after serving as the Petroleum Secretary. His extension order was issued on Monday.
A number of senior IAS officers were in the reckoning for this post including, Women and Child Development Secretary Reva Nayyar, World Bank Executive Director Dhanendra Kumar, Finance Secretary Adarsh Kishore, Home Secretary Vinod Kumar Duggal and Personnel Secretary Prathyush Sinha.
Besides the post of Cabinet Secretary, Chiefs of Intelligence Bureau and the Research and Analysis Wing, the Union Home Secretary and the Defence Secretary have fixed tenure of two years because of operational requirements.
The CBI Director already enjoys a two-year fixed tenure as per Supreme Court directions.
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