An official order from the Personnel Ministry stated on August 12 that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet will extend the service tenure of Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla by one more year whose present work tenure was supposed to end by August 22.
Addressing the extension of Ajay Bhalla’s service, the Government of India proclaimed: “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved extension in service to Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla, IAS (AM: 84) as Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, for a period of one year beyond the present tenure i.e., 22.08.2021, in relaxation of FR 56 (d) and Rule 16 (1A) of the All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958.”
Ajay Bhalla is an IAS officer from the 1984 batch of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, who succeeded Rajiv Gauba as the Home Secretary in August 2019. At turning 60, his tenure was about to end past year set to end last year.
The October 2020 order introduced the extension of his tenure that displayed: “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the extension in service of Bhalla as the Home Secretary beyond the date of his superannuation, i.e., November 30, 2020, up to August 22, 2021.”
