One of the brightest civil servants in the country Sanjay Malhotra has been picked up by PM Narendra Modi as Revenue Secretary. Now 1990 batch IAS officer Malhotra is much in demand for the post of Chief Secretary in his parent cadre Rajasthan. The only question is whether he will be relieved from the Centre. It was stated previously similar situation had arisen in the state when Rajiv Mehrishi was sent to Rajasthan as Chief Secretary and once things settled down he was recalled by the Centre and made Finance Secretary, Home Secretary and later on CAG.