Sources said that Chandigarh, Punjab cadre IAS officer Karnail Singh is understood to have resigned on Wednesday.

The 2015 batch IAS officer was scheduled to retire in September this year.

Sources said Singh wrote a letter to Chief Secretary Anurag Verma on Wednesday demanding premature retirement.

His last posting was as Deputy Commissioner of Kapurthala. After being transferred from the post on January 30, he was not given posting.

A few days ago, Punjab IAS officer Parampal Kaur Sidhu, daughter-in-law of Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sikandar Singh Maluka, had sought premature retirement amid speculations that she might join the BJP and field her from the Bathinda Lok Sabha seat. Can be landed in.