New Punjab CM, Capt Amarinder Singh, who may take the oath of office on March 16, is likely to replace Chief Secretary Sarvesh Kaushal. Himmat Singh (IAS:1980:PB), who suffered a lot under the Badal regime for his perceived closeness to Amarinder, could be the next chief secretary. And IAS officer K A Prasad Sinha (IAS:1992:PB) could be the principal secretary to the CM. Sinha, may it be recalled, was private secretary to Amarinder's wife Preneet Kaur when she was MoS, External Affairs, in UPA-2. Retired bureaucrats Suresh Kumar (Retd IAS:1983:PB, PS to CM when Amarinder headed the government last time, and K R Lakhanpal are also tipped to get important assignments. However, the Captain is likely to persist with current DGP Suresh Arora. Further, it seems that senior advocate Atul Nanda may be picked up for the coveted post of Advocate General.