Thursday,
July 26, 2001,
Chandigarh, India

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H I M A C H
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2 contenders for Chief Secy’s post
Tribune News Service
Shimla, July 25
With the departure of Mr A.K. Goswami from the post of Chief Secretary having been fixed, the tie for the topmost slot in the bureaucracy of Himachal Pradesh now is, between Mr Harsh Gupta and Kanwar Shamsher Singh. Mr Goswami is schedule to leave for Delhi in the end of the month for taking up his new assignment as the Director-General of the National Productivity Council. He will be given a ceremonial farewell dinner by the IAS officers on July 28. The issue of choice of the new Chief Secretary continued to be the topic of discussion in almost all rooms of the Secretariat throughout the day today. Appointment of the new Chief Secretary has become a ticklish issue for the Chief Minister, Mr P.K. Dhumal, who has held a series of meetings with his trusted officers. Political pressure was also being mounted on Mr Dhumal by various lobbies which were backing the two aspirants. While Mr Gupta is the next senior-most IAS officer of 1966 batch after Mr Goswami and is ‘Additional Chief Secretary and also chairman of the
HPSEB. Kanwar Shamsher Singh, Financial Commissioner, stands at number five in the list and belongs to the 1968 batch.
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