As many as five posts of Secretary are up for grab this month since as many Secretaries are retiring. The officials retiring are
- Indrajit Pal (1977 batch IAS of Andhra cadre) Secretary- Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals
- Ashok Thakur (1977 batch IAS of Himachal cadre) Secretary- Department of Higher Education
- Pankaj Jain (1978 batch IAS of J&K cadre) Secretary- Drinking Water & Sanitation
- Ravi Mathur (1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre) Secretary- Dept of Disinvestment
- Anita Kaul (1979 batch IAS of Karnataka cadre) Secretary- Dept of Justice.