Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Secretary Sudhansh Pant has been transferred to Delhi and has been appointed Secretary in the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

A 1991-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, Sudhansh Pant, was appointed Chief Secretary on January 1, 2024. His retirement was due in February 2027, but he has now stepped down from the post nearly 13 months before his retirement.

The Centre has issued the formal order appointing him as Secretary, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment. In 2013, Rajiv Maharishi, appointed Chief Secretary by the Vasundhara Raje government, left for Delhi just nine months into his tenure.

Sudhansh Pant began his career as SDO Jaipur in 1993. He went on to serve as Collector of Jaisalmer and Jhunjhunu, and later held various imp

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