The IAS Association of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre has expressed condolences on sudden demise of Deepak Mohan Spolia, former chief secretary of Delhi. Spolia, a 1979 batch IAS officer died of coronavirus on September 6. “The sudden demise of former Chief Secretary of Delhi, Deepak Mohan Spolia, on September 6, has left the AGMUT Cadre fraternity shocked and the Delhi Chapter of the IAS Association of AGMUT Cadre has expressed its sincere condolences on his sudden demise to the bereaved family,” the IAS association said in a statement.
Spolia was chief secretary of Delhi between December 31, 2012 and January 9, 2014 and August 28, 2014 and February 28, 2015. He was removed as Delhi Chief Secretary by the Aam Aadmi Party government in January, was reappointed to the post in August, replacing S K Srivastava. Spolia was finance secretary in the government of Delhi when then Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had decided to elevate him as Chief Secretary.
Spolia, being as divisional commissioner of Delhi, had played a major in distribution of provisional regularization certificates to 1600 unauthorised colonies residents. This had helped the Dikshit to win the Delhi assembly elections third time. He was instrumental in land reforms introduced by the Sheila Dikshit government. When Arvind Kejriwal came to power in 2014, Spolia had prepared a road map of 70 points agenda of the government to implement it. After the retirement, Spolia had researched Civil Lines area in Delhi and was planning to bring a book.