Aftab retired from the post on Tuesday. Sources in the office of the CEO West Bengal said that since Das is the senior-most among the existing Additional CEOs in the state and also has experience of operating as acting CEO he has been chosen to operate till the time someone is nominated as a permanent CEO.
Meanwhile, uncertainties over the selection of Aftab’s successor as the permanent CEO are continuing as the West Bengal government is yet to send the list of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers of the state cadre as the next occupant for the chair to the Election Commission of India (ECI).
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