Saurabh Chandra tipped to be next Cabinet Secretary

Seth will complete his extended tenure on June 13. The previous Manmohan Singh-led UPA government had in 2011 appointed Seth, a 1974 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, as cabinet secretary for a fixed two-year tenure.

He joined on on June 14, 2011 was due to complete his term last year when the UPA government gave him an extension by one year.

If appointed, Chandra will be the 31st cabinet secretary of India.

Seth's predecessor K M Chandrasekhar had got two extensions and served as cabinet secretary for four years.

Similarly, Chandrasekhar's predecessor B K Chaturvedi had got a one-year extension and served for three years from June 14, 2004 to June 13, 2007.