Haryana Government on Monday appointed retired IAS officer Dalip Singh as State Election Commissioner, Haryana.
The orders in this regard were issued by the Chief Secretary’s office on Monday.
Dalip Singh’s appointment on a prominent post has come two months after his retirement from the services. The 1982 batch IAS officer had retired in April this year.
He was holding the post of Additional Chief Secretary Revenue and Disaster Management and Consolidation Department at the time of retirement.
The State Election Commission is vested with power of superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls and conduct of all elections to the gram panchayats and municipal bodies in the state. There are 6,082 gram panchayats, 119 panchayat samitis, 21 zila parishads, 52 municipal committees, 14 municipal councils and 9 municipal corporations in the state.
Dalip succeeds retired IAS Rajeev Sharma, who was appointed on the post last year by the BJP led State Government. Sharma was appointed for only one year till the time he attains the age of 65 years, the cut-off age for being the SEC.
Meanwhile, Rajeev Sharma has now been appointed as convener of state level golden jubilee year celebration committee.
The State Government has decided to undertake 50 big projects as a part of Golden Jubilee Year celebrations of the state to be started from November 1, 2016. The Government has announced to constitute Golden Jubilee Organising Committee, Executive Committee and Managing Committees to decide the further roadmap of the celebrations.