Legislative Assembly elections are to be held in Bihar. Taris have not been announced yet. But the political chauusar has started laying the board. Meanwhile, the countdown of the tenure of the current Chief Secretary Amrit Lal Meena has started. In fact, Meena is retiring from the post of Chief Secretary in August.
That is, in the election year, the exercise to deploy new faces as the Chief Secretary of the state has also started. From the corridors of power to the administrative and power corridors, there is a discussion of the same name in the name of the next most powerful bureaucrat of the state i.e. Chief Secretary. There are many reasons for this and the situation also does this. Due to which he is considered to be almost certain to become the Chief Secretary of Bihar. The name of the new Chief Secretary of Bihar is fixed.
The officers whose names are discussed as the next Chief Secretary include only IAS officers from 1990 batch to 1992 batch. If you look at the interest, Chaitanya Prasad of 1990 batch is at number one, but the crisis with his name is that they are retiring on this month i.e. 31 July 2025. At the same time, after Chaitanya Prasad, the second name in the 1990 batch is KK Pathak. Keshav Kumar Pathak is currently on central deputation. The reader is posted as Special Secretary in the Union Cabinet Secretariat. The retirement of Pathak, a 1990 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre, is now near. In such a situation, the possibility of returning to Bihar is very low.
After this, two names are left in 1991 batch. The first name is the 1991 batch IAS officer, Dr. S. Siddharth, Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department. But the biggest rod in the path of Principal Secretary to Chief Minister S Siddharth is the time to retire. That is, when the results of the assembly elections will come in the state and the new government will be shaped, during the month of November 30, i.e. in the 11th month of this year, they will retire. The same name of the same 1991 batch is of senior IAAS suffix Amrit, who is currently taking charge of Additional Chief Secretary, Health Department and Disaster Management Department, including Development Commissioner.
At the same time, talk about Deepak Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Rural Affairs Department of 1992 batch, Harjot Kaur Bamhara, Additional Chief Secretary of the Arts, Culture Department of the same batch, is also included in the churches.
This 1991 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre has done many commendable works while holding many important positions. During his tenure, he took many new initiatives. As DM of Katihar, he implemented a public-private-participation (PPP) model for the district hospital. As DM in Chhapra, he banned vulgarity at the Sonpur cattle fair. Also made it mandatory to install CCTV cameras in theaters.
Currently, the Development Commissioner, including the Development Commissioner, is taking over the additional charge of the Additional Chief Secretary of the Health Department and the Disaster Management Department. It has been decided to become the Chief Secretary of Bihar. Now the bus is waiting for the notification to be issued by the state government after retirement of the current Chief Secretary next month, because not only does the preference order make this matter, but with a strong interference in the very close and power corridor, it is also proving to be helpful.
Originally resident of Gopalganj, Bihar, IAS Pratyas Amrit is the IAS officer of the 1991 batch. Currently, the Development Commissioner, including the Additional Chief Secretary, Health Department and Disaster Management Department, is taking charge. The suffix also learned the tribal language Santali in Dumka during his IAS training. Amrit busted gambling racket in remote villages as a sub-divisional magistrate in Simdega. Over time, many new initiatives were taken by DM of different districts, which is still discussed today, and whenever a responsibility was handed over by the government, he has been able to include his name among the most capable officers of the government. Whether it is a road construction or disaster management or health.
There is a discussion in the administrative corridor that the current Chief Secretary will be adjusted as Bihar State Election Commissioner after retirement. It is to be noted that the Bihar State Election Commissioner is appointed as the Governor of Bihar.