A 1994-batch Haryana cadre IAS officer Anurag Agarwal will take over as new Home Secretary of Chandigarh.The Centre has approved his inter-cadre deputation from Haryana for the purpose.
He will replace the incumbent Home Secretary Anil Kumar whose term had ended on December 8. A 1988-batch officer, Kumar had joined as the UT home secretary in December 2011. The post of UT Home Secretary is filled up by a Haryana cadre IAS officer.
The Haryana Government had earlier sent a panel of three officers for the UT home secretary’s post. The names sent to the UT Administration had names of IAS officers Anurag Agarwal, Rajbir Singh (1995 batch) and Rajiv Ranjan (1998 batch).