Buzz about retired Gujarat cadre babu’s appointment in Delhi

Ahmedabad, 2 July, 2014

And now there’s buzz about another Gujarat cadre IAS officer who could be picked up by the Prime Minister for some top job in Delhi.

Quoting the sources, the ET Now reports: PM Modi likely to make another top level bureaucratic appointment. Sources Say, DK Sikri, 1975 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer is being considered for for chairman of Central Vigilance Commission(CVC). Sikri retired as Justice Secretary last year. Sikri is also being considered for an advisory role in Govt. Final decision will be taken after the budget session.

Sikri, the Secretary of the Department of Justice in the Ministry of Law and Justice retired in the month of July last year. Sikri has also served in WCD ministry earlier. He had worked in Gujarat under various government including the government led by Narendra Modi. Sikri was among the IAS officers in a list that had been forwarded to Prime Minister’s office for the post of India’s new Vigilance Commissioner during Congress-led UPA government.