India, Oct. 30 -- The union government on Wednesday repatriated Rajesh Aggarwal, secretary for persons with disabilities in the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, to Maharashtra. He will be joining the state government next week and will be succeeding state chief secretary Rajesh Kumar, who retires at the end of November, sources said.

Kumar, from the 1988 batch, was due to retire on August 30 but received a three-month extension that ends next month. He took charge as the as the chief secretary in June this year, after the retirement of the then chief secretary Sujata Saunik.

Aggarwal, a 1989-batch IAS officer, has been on central deputation for nearly a decade, having served in key departments including Financial Servic...