Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth wrote a circular to 65 secretaries to the government of India, indicating that they should submit the priorities of their ministries, which will be kept handy to brief the new Prime Minister, post May 16, 2014. 

The Cabinet Secretary for the new Government will be chosen from the 1977 IAS batch. There are three top contenders for the post -- two of them have already been lobbying with their batch mates. Stay with us for more on that.