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Patna : Bihar Government on June 1, 2018, upgraded the post of Principal Secretary, Environment and Forest Department, to the rank of Chief Secretary (CS) till Tripurari Sharan, a 1985 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer, holds the post.
The order will be effective from the date Sharan assumes charge of the post. The General Administration Department issued a notification to this effect on June 1. Sharan was appointed Principal Secretary, Environment and Forest Department, on May 29, 2o18.
Three 1985 batch IAS officers : Shashi Shekhar Sharma, Development Commissioner, and Arun Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, and Tripari Sharan, were already in the rank of Chief Secretary.