Will senior most IAS Sutanu Behuria be India’s next cabinet secretary? And ifs and buts?

IF bureaucratic seniority is respected by the next government at the Centre, Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS of 1976 batch and current secretary of heavy industries department Sutanu Behuria will become India’s next cabinet secretary replacing Ajit K Seth whose extended tenure ends on June 13. Behuria, originally hailing from Odisha, retires on July 31, 2014, but according to rules, the officer needs to be below 60 years of age at the time of appointment, and once appointed as cabinet secretary, he will get a…