The Centre has extended the services of Odisha Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra by another six months. Mohapatra's tenure will now end on February 28, 2023. This is the second time the Centre has extended the tenure of the Chief Secretary.
The Ministry of Personnel, PG, and pension said the service of Mahapatra has been extended from September 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023. The extension has been given in relaxation of Rule 16(1) of the AIS (DCRB) Rules, 1958, by invoking Rule 3 of AIS(CS-RM) Rules, 1960. Mohapatra is a 1986-batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.
He was appointed as the Chief Secretary of the State in December 2020 replacing Asit Tripathy.