mumbai highranking bureaucrats are looking for new assignments public works secretary anand kulkarni energy secretary mukesh khullar and veteran bureaucrat a a khan are among the top contenders for the state electricity regulatory commission chairmans post kulkarni an ias officer of the 1982 batch is due for retirement on january 31 the first ias officer to head the public works department kulkarni has succeeded in cleansing the crisisridden department to a great extent while khullar was instrumental in bringing in reforms in the power sector khan took voluntary retirement from the ias a few years ago and is currently holding charge of the merc chairmans post cidco managing director sanjay bhatia an ias officer of the 1985 batch and r a rajeev an ias officer of the 1987 batch are the frontrunners for the bombay port trust chairmans post rajeev is currently on deputation with the ministry of atomic energy bhatia has been credited with massive reforms in the sales tax department and in cidco he took lead in settling land disputes in the entire region and drafting the smart city plan transport secretary gautam chaterjee an ias officer of the 1982 batch is emerging as a strong contender for the housing regulators post the landmark legislation to control housing and real estate has been approved by the president former managing director of maharashtra state road transport corporation anil diggikar an ias officer of the 1990 batch has taken over as chairman of the jawaharlal nehru port trust a senior bureaucrat said it was for the first time such a large number of ias officers have applied for central deputation or other posts in mumbai i do not think that it is linked to change in the government he said