The UT Administration on Tuesday relieved Punjab cadre IAS officer VK Singh from the post of UT Finance Secretary after his three year tenure came to an end.
Singh, a 1990-batch Punjab’s IAS officer had taken over as UT Finance Secretary on January 14, 2010. Singh was earlier posted as Punjab Secretary, Finance and also the Managing Director of Milkfed. Meanwhile, the UT Administration has distributed departments, which were handled by VK Singh, in between CHB Chairman Satya Gopal and UT Home Secretary Anil Kumar, till the time new Finance Secretary joins. UT Finance Secretary’s post is considered to be the third most significant after the Adviser to the UT Administrator and UT Home Secretary in the local bureaucratic set-up.
Punjab Government had sent a panel of three names to the Administration for the post of Finance Secretary. These included 1990 batch officer Anurag Aggarwal, 1992 batch Sarvjit Singh and 1995 batch officer Husan lal. While the Administration had recommended Aggarwal’s name for UT Finance Secretary post, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had given nod for the name of Sarvjit Singh, currently posted as Secretary (Revenue), Punjab.