COURTESY TOI SEPT 1

Baldi named new chief secy of HP
Shimla:

Additional chief secretary-cum-principal secretary to the chief minister, Shrikant Baldi, has been named as the chief secretary of Himachal Pradesh. The services of outgoing chief secretary B KAgarwalhavebeen placed at the disposal of the Government of India as he has been appointed as the secretary to Lokpal.

A 1985-batch IAS officer, Baldi will also continue to hold the charge of housing, tourism and civil aviation departments.Hehasheldcharge of ACS finance in the past. He will assume the charge of chief secretary on the day when Agarwal relinquishes the post.Baldiwill attain thesuperannuation age in December.

IPS officer of 1989 batch Sanjay Kundu, who is at present posted as additional principal secretary to the chief minister, has been appointed as principal secretary to the CM, in place of Baldi. The DGP rank officer will continue to hold additional charges he holds at present.