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Lucknow: Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra has been repatriated to Uttar Pradesh cadre to become the next chief secretary of the state.
Mishra is a 1984-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved repatriation of Shri Durga Shankar Mishra, IAS (UP:1984) to his cadre for his proposed appointment as Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh by the State Government of Uttar Pradesh,” an official release read.
He will take over the post on Thursday, as per reports.
The development comes ahead of the next year’s Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
The Chief Secretary is the top-most executive official and senior-most civil servant of the state government. They act as the principal advisor to the chief minister on all matters of state administration.