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| Kapoor all set to take over CS | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 8
Though a meeting of the state cabinet is slated to be held tomorrow to decide the name of next Chief Secretary besides other things Financial Commissioner Home SS Kapur seems all set to succeed BR Kundal who has been inducted as a Cabinet Minister.
Reliable sources told EARLY TIMES that the Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party have reached a consensus on the name of SS Kapoor who is the senior most IAS officer after BR Kundal. Interestingly, this will be the first meeting of the state cabinet in which BR Kundal will sit as a Minister and not as Chief Secretary. It may be mentioned here that Chief Secretary is the only officer who sits with the Ministers during the Cabinet meeting.
Sources claimed that a room has been decked up for Kapoor and even a new bungalow has been allotted to him as per the status and protocol of the Chief Secretary. “The way preparations have been made for Kapoor leaves little doubt the final decision on making him the Chief Secretary,” said a top administrative source.
Kapoor will be taking over as Chief Secretary as a full one week administrative hiatus as after resignation of Kundal, the new successor could not be named due to some political reasons.
Sources said that the centre is already understood to have given its green signal to the appointment in preference over another IAS officer, S L Bhat, whose name has been publicly pushed by the Peoples Democratic Party.
Bhat could have been a Chief Secretary owing to pressure of Peoples Democratic Party but his KP factor also played a negative role. Two top level officials of the state –the director-general of police, Kuldeep Khuda, and the vigilance commissioner, Dr Ashok Bhan – are Kashmiri Pandits. Sources said the centre was wary about having another Kashmiri officer, S L Bhat, as the head of state administration on the plea that “it would send a wrong signal” to the bureaucracy. |
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