Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- The city continues to have more IAS and IPS officers than its sanctioned cadre strength, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

In a written reply to an unstarred question raised by Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari, minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai said the sanctioned strength for IAS officers in the UT is 11 but the number of officers posted here stands at 12. The sanctioned strength of IPS officers is seven while the current deployment is nine.

The sanctioned posts of IAS officers include, chief secretary, secretary (home), secretary (finance), secretary (urban planning/smart cities), deputy commissioner (districts), joint secretary (finance), excise commissioner, two sec...