4th extension denied to 'Centre's man' DS Mishra, UP govt appoints Yogi's close aide as chief secretary

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Lucknow:Two-and-a-half years after his first service extension by the Centre and repatriation to his home state of Uttar Pradesh, 1984-batch IAS officer Durga Shanker Mishra (62) retired as UP chief secretarySunday after being denied a fourth service extension...

The UP government appointed 1988-batch IAS officer Manoj Kumar Singh, known to enjoy the trust of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, as the new chief secretary.A part of Team Yogi, Singh holds several key positions in the UP government...

The threeservice extensions to D.S. Mishrain two-and-a-half years of service, seen as unusually long by the state and central government bureaucrats, had dashed the hopes of dozens of IAS officers of the 1985, 1986, and 1987 batches as they retired without getting a shot at the coveted post of chief secretary..

IAS Manoj Kumar Singh is one of these vital members of Team Yogi, who, after a rigorous selection process, has now assumed the role of Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, a statement from the UP government issued Sunday said...

Recognised as a performer, Singh holds charge of the agriculture production commissioner (APC), infrastructure and industrial development commissioner (IIDC), additional chief secretary (panchayati raj, horticulture and food processing), chairman of Pradeshiya Industrial and Investment Corporation of UP (PICUP), and CEO of UPEIDA (UP Expressways Industrial Development Authority) and UPSHA (State Highways Authority)...

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