According to the order issued by Secretary Shailesh Bagauli, 8 IAS officers of the level of secretary in-charge in Uttarakhand have been promoted to secretary grade pay. This includes in-charge Secretary Health Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Kumaon Commissioner Deepak Rawat, V Shanmugam, Neeraj Khairwal, Vinay Shankar Pandey, Dipendra Chaudhary, Surendra Narayan Pandey and Vinod Kumar Suman.
These IAS are currently handling various responsibilities in Uttarakhand government. On the other hand, the Governor gladly accepted the promotion of the IAS officers to the post of supertime pay scale of Pay Matrix Level-14.