India, Oct. 1 -- Hours after his six-month extended tenure as the chief secretary ended on Tuesday, Prabodh Saxena, was appointed chairman of the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board for three years.

The state government notification said Saxena, a 1990-batch IAS officer, "will work under the overall administrative control and supervision of chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and shall be equivalent in rank, status, and responsibility to the post of chief secretary."

Sanjay Gupta, a 1988-batch IAS officer, has been transferred and appointed as chairman of the Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board. He was the chairman of the state electricity board. He will continue to hold the post of chairman-cum-managing director, Rope...