Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla's tenure extended

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: August 22 2022

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Union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla was on Friday given a year’s extension in service till August 22, 2023, according to an order by the personnel ministry.
This is Bhalla’s third extension in the post.
Bhalla, a 1984-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, was appointed as home secretary in August 2019.
He was scheduled to retire in November 2020 after attaining 60 years of age. His tenure was first extended on October 17, 2020 till August 22, 2021.
Bhalla’s term was further extended by one more year on August 12 last year and was to end on Monday.