Overview

• Prabodh Saxena retired on September 30 after completing a six‑month extension to his term as Himachal Pradesh chief secretary.
• Within hours, the government appointed him chairman of Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited for three years with rank equivalent to chief secretary and reporting to the chief minister.
• Sanjay Gupta was shifted from HPSEBL to the Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board as part of the changes.
• The state has not yet issued an order naming a new chief secretary, and it announced postings for five senior officers including Zaffar Iqbal, Abhishek Trivedi and Sushil Kumar Singla.
• Saxena noted that a High Court case concerning his extension remains under consideration and said the extension was granted as per rules.