Will Delhi get a new CS or incumbent will get extension?

New Delhi (19.09.2025): With Delhi Chief Secretary Dharmendra (IAS: 1989: AGMUT) retiring on September 30, 2025, the power alleys in the city are rife with speculation over his successor. The name of Punya Salila Srivastava (IAS: 1993: AGMUT), Secretary in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India, is on the top in the reckoning. However, there are information about the incumbent CS getting extension too. The other names included Bipul Pathak (IAS: 1992: AGMUT), Ashwani Kumar (IAS: 1992: AGMUT) and Vikram Dev Dutt (IAS: 1993: AGMUT). Well places sources are of the view that high-profile appointments like that of the Chief Secretary often come down to last-minute decisions influenced by a host of factors – political, administrative, and strategic. The decision