Shimla, June 1 -- : Himachal Pradesh government on Monday assigned the additional charge of Chief Secretary to senior IAS officer Kamlesh Kumar Pant, following an official notification issued by the Department of Personnel.
He succeeds Sanjay Gupta, who superannuated on May 31.
Gupta had been holding the additional charge of Chief Secretary from October last year until he was formally appointed as Chief Secretary on May 26, barely five days before retirement.
According to the official notification issued by the Department of Personnel, Governor Kavinder Gupta has ordered that Kamlesh Kumar Pant, a 1993-batch IAS officer, shall hold the additional charge of the post of Chief Secretary to the Government of Himachal Pradesh with immediate e...