SHATRUGHNA SINGH IAS APPOINTED UTTARAKHAND CHIEF SECRETARY
Dehradun: Shatrughna Singh has been appointed as Uttarakhand Chief Secretary.An IAS officer of the 1983 batch, Shatrughna Singh had returned here last month from a deputation at the Centre and was serving as the additional Chief Secretary. His tenure as Chief Secretary will last till December 2016.
The Centre and the state government had locked horns over the reappointment of Rakesh Sharma to the post of Chief Secretary following his retirement on October 31. The Centre had rejected Sharma’s reappointment and asked the state government to replace him immediately.