chandigarh the ministry of home affairs has approved the name of vijay namdeorao zade a 2002 batch ias officer of punjab cadre for the post of finance secretary in the ut administration the file is sent to the department of personnel and training to issue formal ordersthe move comes more than oneanda half months after punjab governor and ut administrator v p singh badnore had sent zades name to the ministry as its first choice among three punjab cadre ias officers the other two contenders were 2000 batch ias officer kumar rahul and 2004 batch ias officer arun sekhrirahul was the seniormost officer in the panel the punjab government had sent for the post but the ut backed zade who is holding the post of secretary expenditure with punjab government along with some additional charges as of nowapart from the finances the officer looks after the engineering department and matters related to urban planning besides he also looks after other departments as and when allocated by ut administrator from time to time since the last oneanda half years the finance secretary was given the charge of chandigarh housing board chairmanformer finance secretary a k sinha was relieved after completing his threeyear deputation with the administration on september 1