State government transfers 25 IAS officers in major administrative reshuffle

In a major administrative reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday transferred 25 IAS officers, including district magistrate of Lucknow, an official spokesman said in Lucknow.

The government has put Lucknow District Magistrate Anurag Yadav on the wait list while Rajshekhar, District Magistrate of Allahabad, has been posted in his place, he said.

The government also shifted District Magistrate of Etawah P Guruprasad to Allahabad while Principal Secretary, Transport B S Bhullar has been transferred to Medical Education Department and Principal Secretary, Dairy Development Kumar Arvind Singh Dev has been posted in his place.

Anant Kumar Singh, who was on the wait list has been posted as Principal Secretary Dairy Development. Principal Secretary, Housing, Sadakant has been relieved from the charge of Information Department while Principal Secretary, Religious Endowment, Navneet Sehgal has been given additional charge of Information Department.

The government relieved Principal Secretary, Institutional Finance, R M Srivastava from the charge of Panchayati Raj Department, while it posted Chanchal Kumar Tiwari, Divisional Commissioner, Varanasi as Principal Secretary Panchayati Raj.

Allahabad Commissioner Kumar Kamlesh has been put on the wait list while Badal Chatterjee has been posted as Commissioner, Allahabad. Aditi Singh, who was on the wait list has been posted as Additional Managing Director UPSRTC.

Vidya Bhushan has been posted as District Magistrate Etawah, whereas District Magistrate of Sambhal Lal Bihari has been shifted to Jhansi. Karn Singh Chauhan has been posted in his place.

Agra Regional Food Controller Mukesh Chandra has been transferred as District Magistrate, Balrampur.

The government has put District Magistrate, Mau, Murli Manohar Lal on the wait list. He has been replaced by Chandra Kant Pandey.

Meanwhile, transfer of Special Secretary, PWD, Chandra Kant Pandey as District Magistrate, Aligarh has been cancelled. Transfer of Kinjal Singh as District Magistrate, Mahoba, has also been cancelled and she has been put on the wait list.

Chief Development Officer, Bijnore, Digvijay Singh has been posted as Regional Food Controller, Bareilly, while Pramanshu has been posted as Additional Resident Commissioner, New Delhi.

Transfers of District Magistrate, Hathras, Suryapal Gangwar and Special Secretary, Infrastructure, Sumant Singh have also been cancelled.