Pant will work as OSD in the Ministry before taking over as the full-time Secretary on February 1, 2023 when incumbent Secretary Sanjeev Ranjan retires. As of now, 3 Rajasthan cadre IAS – V Srinivas (IAS: 1989: RJ), Rohit Kumar Singh (IAS: 1989: RJ), and Sanjay Malhotra (IAS: 1990: RJ) – are posted as Secretaries whereas, Neel Kamal Darbari (IAS: 1987: RJ) is posted as Chairperson, which is a post akin to Secretary. 

Meanwhile, with Pant’s departure, the post of DG, HCM-RIPA will lay vacant & a senior officer will have to be appointed here while there is a dearth of senior officers in the State bureaucracy. After Pant, the State will be left with just 6 ACS – Veenu Gupta (IAS: 1987: RJ), Subodh Agarwal (IAS: 1988: RJ), PK Goyal (IAS: 1988: RJ), Rajeshwar Singh (IAS: 1989: RJ) and Abhay Kumar (IAS: 1992: RJ).