Namdeorao Zade likely to be Chandigarh Finance Secretary

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 21

Punjab-cadre IAS officer Namdeorao Zade is likely to be the next Finance Secretary of the UT.

The post fell vacant after AK Sinha was relieved of the charge on September 1 after completing a three-year deputation with the UT.

Sources said the Union Home Ministry had cleared the name of the 2002-batch officer for the post of Finance Secretary. Now, the Department of Personnel and Training would issue a formal order in this regard.

The sources said Zade was the first choice of UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore among a panel of three IAS officers of the Punjab cadre.

The other two officers are Kumar Rahul (2000 batch) and Arun Sekhri (2004 batch).

Among the three, Rahul was the seniormost in the panel the Punjab Government had sent for the post.

UT Home Secretary Arun Kumar Gupta said they were yet to receive a communication in this regard from the Centre.