Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra was on Wednesday appointed as the chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh months ahead of the crucial state elections. A 1984-batch IAS officer of the UP cadre, Mishra will assume his new role on December 31. In an official order, the Personnel Ministry said that Mishra was due to superannuate on Friday.
According to an official statement, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the repatriation of Durga Shankar Mishra to his cadre for his proposed appointment as Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh. Mishra will succeed incumbent chief secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari, a 1985-batch IAS officer who is due to retire in February 2023.
The chief secretary of a state is the top-most executive official and senior-most civil servant, whose primary responsibility is to discharge the role of the principal advisor to the chief minister on important matters of state administration.
The appointment is being proposed at a time when the state is preparing itself for holding the assembly elections likely to be scheduled before March next year. The Personnel Ministry had in an order on Monday named Manoj Joshi as the new Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary in place of Mishra. Joshi, a 1989-batch Kerala cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
(With PTI inputs)
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