Overview
- Raj Bhavan formally asked Chief Secretary Sanjay Gupta to examine continued non‑regular appointments and submit comments for the governor’s review.
- Senior roles on additional charge include Chief Secretary (Gupta), DGP (Ashok Tewari since June 2), PCCF (Sanjay Sood since August 11) and HPPCB member secretary (Pravin Kumar Gupta).
- The governor said replacing acting officers is the state government’s responsibility and reported that no reply has been received to his office’s query.
- The review followed an October 5 representation by RTI activist Dev Ashish Bhattacharya alleging growing ad‑hocism in key administrative posts.
- In a separate dispute over university vice‑chancellors, the governor questioned the government’s approach as the President referred related issues to the Supreme Court under Article 143.