New UT adviser KK Sharma is likely to take over on Friday from his predecessor Pradip Mehra. Sharma is a 1983-batch secretary-level IAS and is at present principal secretary, PWD, with Delhi government. Though transfer orders of adviser Pradip Mehra, a 1975-batch IAS officer, were received from ministry of home affairs on February 11, he stayed on after Delhi government objected to Sharma’s transfer.