The Central Government has issued a large-scale transfer and posting order for officers of the AGMUT cadre, affecting 49 senior officers – including 31 IAS and 18 IPS officers – as part of an administrative restructuring across key Union Territories and border regions.
The reshuffle involves postings across Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Chandigarh, Puducherry and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, aimed at reinforcing governance in strategically sensitive and high-priority regions.
IAS Officers Transferred
The following 31 IAS officers have been transferred:
- Ashwani Kumar (1992) – Delhi to Jammu & Kashmir
- Sanjeev Khirwar (1994) – Ladakh to Delhi
- Santosh D Vaidya (1998) – Jammu & Kashmir to Delhi
- Padma Jaiswal (2003) – Puducherry to Delhi
- Shurbir Singh (2004) – Delhi to Ladakh
- R Alice Vaz (2005) – Delhi to Jammu & Kashmir
- Yashpal Garg (2008) – Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi
- Sanjeev Ahuja (2008) – Goa to Delhi
- Niraj Kumar (2010) – Jammu & Kashmir to Delhi
- Syed Abid Rashid Shah (2012) – Jammu & Kashmir to Chandigarh
- Satyendra Singh Dursawat (2012) – Andaman & Nicobar to Delhi
- Aman Gupta (2013) – Andaman & Nicobar to Delhi
- Rahul Singh (2013) – Lakshadweep to Delhi
- Anjali Sehrawat (2013) – Delhi to Jammu & Kashmir
- Hemant Kumar (2013) – Delhi to Andaman & Nicobar
- Ravi Dadhich (2014) – Delhi to Mizoram
- Kinny Singh (2014) – Delhi to Puducherry
- Sagar D Dattatray (2014) – DNH&DD to Jammu & Kashmir
- Arjun Sharma (2015) – Andaman & Nicobar to Delhi
- Vandana Rao (2015) – Delhi to Andaman & Nicobar
- Baseer Ul Haq Chaudhary (2015) – Jammu & Kashmir to Ladakh
- Michael M D’Souza (2015) – Ladakh to Goa
- Akriti Sagar (2016) – Arunachal Pradesh to Jammu & Kashmir
- Kumar Abhishek (2016) – Delhi to Jammu & Kashmir
- Saloni Rai (2016) – Jammu & Kashmir to Delhi
- Nikhil U Dessai (2016) – DNH&DD to Goa
- Ankita Mishra (2018) – Goa to Arunachal Pradesh
- Hari Kallikkat (2018) – Chandigarh to Delhi
- Vishakha Yadav (2020) – Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi
- Azharuddin Zahiruddin Qazi (2020) – Andaman & Nicobar to Delhi
- Cheemala Shiva Gopal Reddy (2020) – Mizoram to Delhi
IPS Officers Transferred
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The following 18 IPS officers have been transferred:
- Ajit Kumar Singla (2004) – Puducherry to Delhi
- Mangesh Kashyap (2009) – Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh (2010) – Delhi to Chandigarh
- Prashant Priya Gautam (2013) – Delhi to Jammu & Kashmir
- RP Meena (2013) – Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi
- Rahool Alwal (2014) – Mizoram to Delhi
- SM Prabhudessai (2014) – Arunachal Pradesh to Goa
- Rajinder Kumar Gupta (2014) – Jammu & Kashmir to Puducherry
- Shobhit D Saksena (2015) – Jammu & Kashmir to Delhi
- Niharika Bhatt (2015) – Andaman & Nicobar to Delhi
- Sudhanshu Dhama (2016) – Arunachal Pradesh to Jammu & Kashmir
- Sandhya Swamy (2016) – Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh
- Sachin Kumar Singhal (2017) – Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi
- Akshat Kaushal (2018) – Goa to Arunachal Pradesh
- Shruti Arora (2018) – Ladakh to Goa
- Achin Garg (2019) – Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh
- Sunny Gupta (2020) – Andaman & Nicobar to Jammu & Kashmir
- Isha Singh (2021) – Puducherry to Delhi
Governance Strengthening Drive
Officials said the reshuffle is aimed at strengthening administrative leadership in border states, UTs and strategic regions, particularly Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh. These areas require experienced officers due to their security, infrastructure and development responsibilities.