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Hindustan Times
11 hours ago
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Anurag Rastogi gets one-year extension as Haryana chief secretary
The central government has granted a year's extension in service to chief secretary Anurag Rastogi. The 1990-batch Haryana IAS officer, who was due to retire on June 30, will continue to hold the charge of chief secretary till June 30, 2026. A June 19 communication from the Union ministry of personnel said that the central government, on a proposal of the Haryana government, has approved extension of service for Rastogi from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. Hindustan Times was the first to report on June 8 that Rastogi would get an extension in service, thus enabling him to continue as chief secretary from July 1. Since Rule 16 (1) of the All-India Service (death cum retirement benefits) Rules, 1958, provided for only six months of extension in service for the chief secretary, the central government relaxed this rule by invoking Rule 3 of All India Service (Conditions of Service- Residuary Matters) Rules, 1960, to grant Rastogi 12 months of extension in service. Rule 3 of All India Service (Conditions of Service- Residuary Matters) Rules, 1960, empowers the central government to dispense with or relax the requirements of a rule or regulations made under All India Services Act, 1951. Rastogi was appointed as chief secretary in February this year after 1989-batch IAS officer Vivek Joshi took voluntary retirement on being chosen as Election Commissioner by the central government. The Nayab Singh Saini government appointed Rastogi as Joshi's successor by not following the seniority principle. According to the gradation list of Haryana IAS officers, Sudhir Rajpal of the 1990 batch is the senior most as per the inter se seniority followed by Sumita Misra, Anurag Rastogi, Anand Mohan Sharan and Raja Sekhar Vundru. A dispute has been raised by the 1990-batch IAS officers regarding the inter-se seniority which remains unadjudicated. Rastogi was also given the interim charge of chief secretary for a few days after the retirement of TVSN Prasad and before Joshi joined as the chief secretary in November 2024. Rastogi was later posted as financial commissioner, revenue (FCR) and also held the charge of additional chief secretary, finance and planning. He still holds the charge of the finance and planning departments.
Hindustan Times
09-06-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Haryana chief secretary Anurag Rastogi to get extension in service
The Haryana government has decided to seek extension in service for 1990 batch IAS officer and incumbent chief secretary Anurag Rastogi, thus allowing the officer to continue to hold the charge of chief secretary from July 1. A communication recommending extension in service will be sent to the Centre shortly. Rastogi, who was appointed as chief secretary in February this year, is due to retire on June 30. The All-India Service (death cum retirement benefits) Rules, 1958, provide for six months of extension in service for chief secretary with the prior approval of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) of the central government. Sources said that the issue of Rastogi's extension in service was discussed at the concerned levels and it was decided to grant him extension in service. Rastogi's batchmate and Himachal Pradesh chief secretary Prabodh Saxena was also granted a six-month extension in service by the ACC of the central government in March this year, two days before he was to superannuate. Saxena was given extension in service by the central government despite the fact that the Central Bureau of Investigation had named him an accused in the INX Media case in a chargesheet filed before a special court in 2019 after obtaining sanction for prosecution under Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Similarly, Odisha chief secretary Manoj Ahuja, also of 1990 batch, who was to retire in December 2024, was given one-year extension in service by the central government from January 1, 2025, on the recommendation of the state government. Rules provide for a maximum of six months' extension Rule 16 (1) of the All-India Service (death cum retirement benefits) Rules, 1958, provided that a member of the Indian Administrative Service holding the post of chief secretary to a state government may be given extension of service for a period not exceeding six months on the recommendations made by the concerned state government with full justification and in public interest, with the prior approval of the central government. However, the central government has been giving extensions to IAS officers beyond the six-month period in relaxation of the rules. Former Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Durga Shankar Mishra, who was given three extensions by the ACC and remained chief secretary for about 30 months, was probably a standout example. According to gradation list of Haryana IAS officers, Sudhir Rajpal of the 1990 batch is the senior most as per the inter-se seniority, followed by Sumita Misra, Anurag Rastogi, Anand Mohan Sharan and Raja Sekhar Vundru. A dispute has been raised by the 1990 batch IAS officers regarding the inter-se seniority, which remains unadjudicated. When 1989 batch IAS officer Vivek Joshi, who was then the incumbent chief secretary, was appointed as Election Commissioner in February this year by the central government, the Nayab Singh Saini government appointed Rastogi as his successor by not following the seniority principle. Prior to that Rastogi was also given the interim charge of chief secretary for a few days after the retirement of TVSN Prasad and before Joshi joined as chief secretary in November 2024. Rastogi was later posted as financial commissioner, revenue (FCR) and also held the important charge of additional chief secretary, finance and planning. He still holds the charge of finance and planning departments. The office of the FCR is regarded as next only to the office of the chief secretary and the officer appointed as FCR is generally regarded as the successor of the incumbent chief secretary.
Time of India
04-06-2025
- General
- Time of India
Officer suspended in HMT land case
Bengaluru: Days after the forest minister's recommendation for action against Indian Forest Service (IFS) officials over denotification of HMT land near Peenya-Jalahalli, the govt Wednesday ordered the suspension of R Gokul, additional principal chief conservator of forests (APCCF). Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Gokul, who is currently director-general of Environmental Management and Policy Research Institute (EMPRI), was suspended with immediate effect, pending inquiry. Gokul, along with other IFS and IAS officials, was accused of filing an interlocutory application (IA) in 2020 before the Supreme Court. The application sought denotification of 443.6 acres of forest land granted to HMT at Peenya-Jalahalli plantation without obtaining the approval of then forest minister or bringing it to the cabinet's notice. Exercising powers under Rule 3 (1) (a) of All-India Service (Discipline and Appeal) Rules 1969, the department of personnel and administrative reforms (DPAR) ordered Gokul's suspension. In 2012, while serving as DCF Karwar, Gokul played a key role in exposing the Belekeri port iron ore scam by seizing 3.5 million tonnes of iron ore that was set to be exported illegally from Karnataka.
