Chandigarh August 14: Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, administered the ‘Oath of office and secrecy’ to newly appointed Chairman of Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC), Mr Depinder Singh Dhesi, IAS (Retd.) here today.

Mr Manohar Lal congratulated Mr Dhesi, his family members and well wishers for him being appointed as Chairman of HERC.

The tenure of Mr Dhesi would be five years or upto the age of 65 years whichever is earlier. The Commission comprises of one Chairman and two members.

Mr Dhesi would replace Mr Jagjeet Singh who has completed his tenure as Chairman, HERC on August 12, 2019. A 1982 batch senior IAS officer, Mr Dhesi has served on different important posts in the state and centre government before he retired as Chief Secretary, Haryana on June 30, 2019.

Among those present on this occasion included Additional Chief Secretary Revenue and Disaster Management and Home Mrs Navraj Sandhu, Additional Chief Secretary Power Mr T.C Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary Public Health Engineering Mr Rajeev Arora, Additional Chief Secretary Medical Education and Research Mr Amit Jha, Additional Chief Secretary Mines and Geology Mr P.K Das, Additional Chief Secretary Public Works (Building and Roads) Mr Alok Nigam, Principal Secretary School Education Dr Mahavir Singh, Principal Secretary Town and Country Planning Mr A.K Singh, Principal Secretary Labour Mr Vineet Garg, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. V. Umashankar, Director General, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affair Mr Pankaj Agarwal, Director General Information, Public Relations and Languages Mr Sameer Pal Srow, Deputy Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mrs Ashima Brar, Chairman-cum-Managing Director Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) and Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) Mr Shatrujeet Kapur, Managing Director Haryana Power Generation Corporation Mohammed Shayin, Members HERC namely Mr Pravindra Singh Chauhan and Mr Naresh Sardana and other senior officers of the State Government.