While Rakesh Singh is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch and had earlier served the Chandigarh Administration as CITCO managing director, Chhatwal is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch. Sandhu is of the 1983 batch of Punjab cadre.The post of UT Finance Secretary had fallen vacant after the sudden repatriation of G. Vajralingam to his parent state of Punjab, a few weeks ago. At present, the post is being held by Home Secretary Anuradha Gupta, as an additional charge.