Mumbai, Mar 30 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Secretary Nitin Kareer was on Saturday given an extension for three months, an official release said.

The Centre has approved a proposal of the state government to grant the extension to the senior Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer from April 1 to June 30, it said.

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Kareer had succeeded senior bureaucrat Manoj Saunik for the top post in December last year. The 1988 batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre was due for retirement this month.

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