Cabinet Secretary, Home Secretary get one-year extension in service

The ACC approved the extension of Somanathan, a 1987-batch IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, as cabinet secretary for one year beyond August 30, 2026.

“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved an extension in service of Dr T.V. Somanathan, IAS (TN:87) as Cabinet Secretary for a further period of one year beyond August 30, 2026,” the DoPT order said.

Somanathan was appointed cabinet secretary on August 30, 2024, succeeding Rajiv Gauba. Before taking over the country’s top bureaucratic post, he served as finance secretary and held key positions in the Prime Minister’s Office, including joint secretary and additional secretary.