Gujarat Chief Secretary Anil Mukim gets 6-month extension

NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, AUG 17
Gujarat Chief Secretary Anil Mukim has been granted an extension of six months by the Centre, said a senior state government official on Monday.

Mukim, a 1985-batch Indian Administrative Service officer, will now serve as the Chief Secretary till February- end, said the official.

The 59-year-old bureaucrat, appointed to the top post in November 2019, was to retire on August 31.

“The Centre has approved the Gujarat government’s proposal to give a six-month extension to Chief Secretary Anil Mukim. He will now serve till February-end,” said the official.

A notification in this regard will be issued in the coming days, he added.