In the final round  if Delhi sources are to be believed  now senior most IAS officer in the cadre Secretary of the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances and the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare in GoI V Srinivas has emerged frontrunner followed by Rajat Mishra. Srinivas, who is 1989 batch IAS officer, is being  sent  with  instructions  to  deal Rajasthan affairs with wishes of the Centre.