Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain, who was set to retire on June 30 with a formal farewell planned by the cabinet, received a last-minute three-month extension following a phone call from Delhi. The extension came after Governor Ramen Deka had already conveyed his wishes for the retirement life. This is for the first time any Chief Secretary rank officer has been given an extension in Chhattisgarh that came into existence in November 2000. Jain is the state's longest-serving officer in Chief Secretary role. The state cabinet was specially called on Monday to bid adieu to the top bureaucrat upon his superannuation. Earlier in the day, Jain visited Rajbhawan where the Governor honoured Jain with a shawl and a shrifal (coconut), expressing admiration for his ‘illustrious services’. The CS later went to the Secretariat to attend the cabinet meeting. While the meeting was about to end, a call from the central government halted the farewell programme where the State Ministers and the Chief Minister were to give speeches to acknowledge the services and contributions of Jain while in office as the CS.