Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 25: Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary Mohammad Iqbal Khandey on Tuesday decided to quit as the seniormost bureaucrat of the state.
Khandey has decided to step down as the chief secretary of the state and had submitting his papers for voluntary retirement,” sources said.
An IAS officer of the 1978 batch, Khandey was made the chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmir on February 18, 2013 during the National Conference-Congress ruling alliance headed by the then chief minister Omar Abdullah.
Speculation about Khandey’s differences with the political dispensation had come to light immediately after Mufti Muhammad Sayeed headed Peoples Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance formed the government in March.
Media speculation had run high on August 21 about Khandey’s differences with the government when he did not attend the state cabinet meeting.
The second senior-most IAS officer in the state, B.R. Sharma, is likely to replace Khandey as the new chief secretary.
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