Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla was on Friday given a one-year extension in service till August 22, 2023, a Personnel Ministry order said. This is his third extension in the post.

Bhalla, a 1984-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, was appointed as the Home Secretary in August 2019. He was to retire in November 2020 after attaining 60 years of age. His tenure was first extended on October 17, 2020, till August 22, 2021.

Bhalla's tenure was extended by one more year on August 12 last year and was to end on Monday.