No extension to Manoj Singh as SP Goyal takes over as chief secy
He replaced Manoj Kumar Singh, whose 14-month tenure ended with his retirement on Thursday.
Goyal thanked Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath
for having given him the opportunity to serve the state from the highest post within the bureaucracy. "My priorities are the CM's priorities, which are zero tolerance towards crime, zero tolerance towards corruption, and industrial development," he said.
"I will try to meet the standards set by the outgoing CS, and hope to maintain the speed with which he was implementing projects.
All efforts will be made to develop UP into a USD 1 trillion economy. It will be ensured that all ongoing projects are completed within time frames. Concrete steps will be taken for industrialisation of the state," he said after taking charge.
Goyal's appointment was announced on Thursday evening after a day of speculation around a letter seeking Singh's extension. This letter had been sent to the department of personnel and training, New Delhi about two weeks ago.
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However, at around 6pm, the CM ordered Goyal's appointment ending all speculations.
Goyal is the seventh chief secretary in Yogi's over eight years of tenure as the chief minister. He was appointed as the principal secretary to the CM exactly two months after Yogi was sworn in for the first time on March 19, 2017. On June 18, 2020, he was promoted as the additional chief secretary to the CM, a post he was holding till Thursday along with heading civil aviation, estate and Protocol departments.
He was also additional resident commissioner of UP in Delhi.
In addition to being the CS, Goyal will also hold charge of Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner, ACS Coordination, Chairperson PICUP, CEO UPEIDA and UPSHA, and project director, UP DASP. The estate and civil aviation departments have now been given to principal secretary to CM and home, Sanjay Prasad, a hint that a new ACS is unlikely to be posted in the CM office anytime soon.
From October 2014 to May 2017, Goyal was joint secretary with the department of higher education under the Union ministry of Human Resources Development. Immediately after his return, he was posted as the principal secretary to CM. He had been approved for central deputation in 2024 and is due for retirement in Jan 2027.
Interestingly, when Goyal was appointed as the principal secretary to the CM, he was seen as close to leaders in the BJP organisation.
For the past eight years, however, Goyal has earned the trust of CM Yogi.
The guessing game around who would be the next chief secretary or whether Singh would get an extension has been dominating the corridors of power for the past over one month. Such discussions have become a routine whenever top police or administrative officials are about to retire.
However, going by the past experiences and keeping an eye on the appointment of previous six chief secretaries, rarely has the CM bypassed the seniority list.
However, the same cannot be vouched for in the appointment of acting DGPs.
When Yogi was sworn in as CM, Rahul Bhatnagar was the chief secretary. Bhatnagar was replaced by Rajive Kumar on June 29, 2017, the first major appointment by the Yogi Government. Kumar was followed by Anup Chandra Pandey on June 30, 2018.
After Pandey, RK Tiwari was appointed as top administrative officer on August 31, 2019. However, like Bhatnagar, Tiwari's tenure was also cut short and was shifted to UPSRTC Chairman with DS Mishra replacing him after being given a one-year extension only a few days before he was to retire.
Misra was replaced by Manoj Kumar Singh on June 30, 2024. Singh was believed to be close to CM Yogi Adityanath and hence it was speculated that he would get an extension. However, Goyal finally replaced Singh on Thursday.
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