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Centre extends tenures of cabinet and home secretaries by one year
The government gave Cabinet Secretary T V Somanathan and Home Secretary Govind Mohan one-year extensions on Wednesday, the first time either officer has had his term extended, Times of India reported. A…
The government gave Cabinet Secretary T V Somanathan and Home Secretary Govind Mohan one-year extensions on Wednesday, the first time either officer has had his term extended, Times of India reported. A personnel department order pushed Somanathan's tenure as Cabinet Secretary beyond 30 August 2026, while Mohan's term as Home Secretary now runs to 22 August 2027, both men's fixed two-year terms had been due to end this month. Somanathan, a 1987-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, was appointed Cabinet Secretary in August 2024, and Mohan, a 1989-batch officer of the Sikkim cadre, became Home Secretary the same month. The extensions rest on the All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, which let a handful of senior posts, including the defence secretary, foreign secretary, home secretary and the Research and Analysis Wing's chief, continue past the normal retirement age of 60.
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Both extensions keep the same two officers in place rather than opening a search for successors, but the personnel department's order gives no justification beyond citing the retirement-benefit rules that make the extension legally possible. The rule covers only a handful of posts, among them the defence secretary, foreign secretary, home secretary and the Research and Analysis Wing chief. Somanathan's extension runs from 30 August 2026 and Mohan's to 22 August 2027, the two dates on which the question of a further extension returns.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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