After his appointment to the top post in Himachal on Thursday, Ram Subhag Singh assumed the office of the Chief Secretary here.
A Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS officer of 1987 batch, Singh has held several important assignments within and out of the state during his administrative experience of 34 years.
A notification of appointment of Singh replacing Anil Kumar Khachi on the top post was issued by the State Government on Thursday.
In a separate notification, the State Government cleared the retirement of Khachi on his request by relaxing the condition of three months' prior notice.
In another order, the State Government appointed Khachi as the state election commissioner (SEC) with immediate effect. Khachi, a 1986-batch IAS officer, served as the Chief Secretary for over one year and seven months.
Meanwhile, after assuming office, Ram Subhag Singh expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur for this responsibility and said that while working as the Chief Secretary, his priority would be to take the flagship programmes of the government to the people.
Singh said that he would ensure that the commitment and responsiveness of the State Government towards the people reaches the common man and pace of developmental works was accelerated.