West Bengal Chief Secretary H K Dwivedi gets six months extension

West Bengal Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi has got an extension of service for six months till December this year, an official said on Friday.

Dwivedi, a 1988-batch IAS officer who was to retire on Friday, will now continue as the state chief secretary till December as the Union Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has approved his extension.

The state government in March this year had written to the DoPT requesting an extension of Dwivedi's service for another six months, a source said.

''There was no reply from them till yesterday. The order (dated June 28) was received today,'' he told PTI.

Dwivedi became chief secretary on June 1, 2021, following the retirement of Alapan Bandyopadhyay.