India, June 17 -- LUCKNOW After the appointment of the new director general of police (DGP), the focus has now shifted to the top post in the state bureaucracy - chief secretary. Chief secretary Manoj Kumar Singh, a 1988 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, is set to retire in July. But whether he gets an extension or UP will have a new chief secretary remains to be seen.

There is a buzz in the bureaucracy that like former acting DGP Prashant Kumar, the state government may send a proposal to the central government for the extension of Manoj Kumar Singh, considered a trusted officer of chief minister Yogi Adityanath.

However, if Singh fails to get an extension in service, then 1989 batch IAS officers will be in race for th...