In a major administrative development coinciding with the retirement of Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena, the Himachal Pradesh Government has issued a notification elevating senior-most bureaucrat Sanjay Gupta, IAS, to the rank of the state’s top administrative post.

While the government has not yet named a formal successor to the Chief Secretary post, which fell vacant on September 30, 2025, the order for Gupta’s posting effectively places him at the apex of the administrative service by guaranteeing him the highest rank.

The Department of Personnel notification, dated September 30, 2025, ensures that Gupta holds the rank equivalent to the Chief Secretary. This move addresses the vacancy created by the superannuation of Saxena, whose service extension ended on Tuesday.

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