The Union Home Ministry appointed Arun Kumar Gupta (IAS:1992:HY) as the new Home Secretary of Chandigarh whereas K K Yadav (IAS:2003:PB) was named Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation.
The Chandigarh Administration had been facing shortage of officers for long. Gupta presently serves as the Principal Secretary, Town and Country Planning, Haryana.
The three-year term of the current Home Secretary, Anurag Aggarwal, ended on January 11, 2018 but MHA chose to give him an extension for shortage of officers.
It may be underlined that The Chandigarh Administration is yet to get Managing Director, CITCO, and Chairman, Chandigarh Housing Board, which have been lying vacant for last few months.