IAS officer Aunjaneya Kumar Singh has been given a one-year extension by the Centre to continue in Uttar Pradesh. He was serving as commissioner of Moradabad when his tenure ended on February 16.
Sources said that the official had applied for an extension to the government, which was granted by the Department of Personnel and Training on Saturday. The officer was sent to Uttar Pradesh in 2015 on interstate deputation. He was first appointed special secretary of irrigation and water resources and in July 2016, transferred to Bulandshahr as district magistrate.
In April 2017, he was made additional commissioner commercial tax, followed by a tenure as district magistrate Fatehpur and then Rampur. In March 2021, he took on the position of commissioner Moradabad.
