New Delhi, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved extension in the term of re-employment of Umesh Sinha as Deputy Election Commissioner on contract basis for a period of one year.
The appointment will be for further period of one year beyond 30.06.2021 i.e. upto 30.06.2022 or until further orders, whichever is earlier, on usual terms and conditions, it said.
This is not the first time Sinha has got extension as his term as EC was expiring on June 30. Umesh Sinha, a 1986-batch IAS officer (retired) of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, has also served as the secretary-general in the commission.
He was given extension in December 2020 for six months, earlier he got one year extension in January 2020.
He was also part of a committee set up by the Election Commission to look into the issue of revising the election expenditure of candidates during campaigning.
Source: IANS
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz