Presently posted as Secretary at the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Affairs and Chairman of Delhi Metro Rail, Durga Shankar Mishra, a 1984 batch IAS officer of UP cadre, will replace RK Tewari as the 54th chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh.
The Cabinet Committee of Appointment of the Union government has cleared the proposal of the state government to appoint Mishra as the new chief secretary of UP. Mishra, who is to superannuate on December 31 this year, is likely to be given extension in service. He is scheduled to arrive in Lucknow on Thursday and is likely to take over as chief secretary after the orders are issued by the state government.
Incumbent Chief Secretary RK Tiwari, retiring at the end of 2023, was appointed to this post on September 1, 2019, after the retirement of then Chief Secretary Anup Chandra Pandey on August 31, 2019.
Pandey has since been appointed as Election Commissioner of India. Tiwari is likely to move to the Centre as he has already been empanelled for appointment as secretary in the Government of India.