With many top positions vacant or set to fall vacant appeared to have captured the imagination of who's who in Indian bureaucracy speculating who all will occupiy the positions. At a time when sudden repatriation of Jt Secretary, Additional secretary & Secretary rank officers have put every next civil servant under apprehensions the retired IAS officers are brimming with hope to grab many top positions namely; CAG, Election Commissioner (ECI), Member UPSC, Secretary Rajya Sabha, CMD ITPO, Member/Chairman PESB etc etc. All these poitions are expected to be filled with retired IAS officers. Among those who are considered most prospective ones for these positions are; retired DEA Secretary Shaktikanta Das, former Power Secretary P K Pujari, the outgoing Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi, the outgoing DFS Secretary Ms Ajnuli Chib Duggal, former Expenditure Secretary R Pwatal to name a few.