<p>Senior IAS officer LK Atheeq will be the next additional chief secretary heading the finance department, the government has said in a notification. </p>.<p>Atheeq will take charge of the finance department upon the retirement of incumbent Additional Chief Secretary ISN Prasad on June 30. </p>.<p>Meanwhile, the government appointed Atheeq as an officer on special duty at the finance department, a temporarily created post. He will continue as Additional Chief Secretary (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj). </p>.<p><strong>Also Read | </strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/bengaluru-infrastructure/bbmp-readies-audit-report-on-the-condition-of-41-underpasses-1223485.html" target="_blank"><strong>BBMP readies audit report on the condition of 41 underpasses </strong></a><br /> </p>.<p>A 1991-batch officer, Atheeq was a joint secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office earlier. He was also a senior advisor at World Bank in Washington DC. </p>.<p>Atheeq served as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s principal secretary between May 2016 and May 2018. </p>.<p>As head of the finance department, Atheeq will oversee the state’s fiscal position while having to clear funding for the Congress government’s five ‘guarantees’. </p>
<p>Senior IAS officer LK Atheeq will be the next additional chief secretary heading the finance department, the government has said in a notification. </p>.<p>Atheeq will take charge of the finance department upon the retirement of incumbent Additional Chief Secretary ISN Prasad on June 30. </p>.<p>Meanwhile, the government appointed Atheeq as an officer on special duty at the finance department, a temporarily created post. He will continue as Additional Chief Secretary (Rural Development and Panchayat Raj). </p>.<p><strong>Also Read | </strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/bengaluru-infrastructure/bbmp-readies-audit-report-on-the-condition-of-41-underpasses-1223485.html" target="_blank"><strong>BBMP readies audit report on the condition of 41 underpasses </strong></a><br /> </p>.<p>A 1991-batch officer, Atheeq was a joint secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office earlier. He was also a senior advisor at World Bank in Washington DC. </p>.<p>Atheeq served as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s principal secretary between May 2016 and May 2018. </p>.<p>As head of the finance department, Atheeq will oversee the state’s fiscal position while having to clear funding for the Congress government’s five ‘guarantees’. </p>