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UP Transfers 40 IAS Officers; Ravindra Singh Appointed Special Secretary (Energy), UPNEDA Director 

Lucknow, April 20: The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday ordered the transfer of 40 IAS officers in a late-night administrative reshuffle, affecting district administrations and key departments. The changes include new postings for District Magistrates (DMs), Chief Development Officers (CDOs), and senior officials across sectors.


The reshuffle is part of an ongoing exercise to streamline administrative functioning at the district and departmental levels.

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Key Highlights

  • 40 IAS officers transferred in a late-night order
  • Several District Magistrates replaced
  • Joint Magistrates elevated as Chief Development Officers
  • Changes across energy, tourism, education and welfare departments
  • Anjani Kumar Singh appointed DM, Lakhimpur Kheri
  • Durga Shakti Nagpal appointed Divisional Commissioner, Devipatan

Major DM Transfers

  • Gaurang Rathi: Unnao → Jhansi
  • Indrajeet Singh: Energy Dept → Sultanpur
  • Kumar Harsh: Sultanpur → Bulandshahr
  • Annapurna Garg: Personnel Dept → Shravasti
  • Alok Yadav: Jhansi Development Authority → Shamli
  • Arvind Kumar Chauhan: Shamli → Saharanpur
  • Nitin Goyal: Hapur-Pilkhuwa Development Authority → Amroha
  • Abhishek Goyal: Food & Civil Supplies → Hamirpur
  • Sarneet Kaur Broca: Child Development → Raebareli
  • Nidhi Gupta Vats: Amroha → Fatehpur
  • Ghanshyam Meena: Hamirpur → Unnao
  • Anjani Kumar Singh: Mainpuri → Lakhimpur Kheri
  • Dr Indramani Tripathi: Auraiya → Mainpuri
  • Brijesh Kumar: CM Office → Auraiya
  • Manish Bansal: Saharanpur → Agra
  • Arvind Malappa Banari: Agra → CM Office

Senior-Level and Departmental Appointments

  • Durga Shakti Nagpal: Lakhimpur Kheri → Divisional Commissioner, Devipatan
  • Shashi Bhushan Lal Sushil: Devipatan → Principal Secretary (Sugar, Cane, MSME, Export Promotion)
  • Ravindra Singh: Fatehpur → Special Secretary (Energy), Director UPNEDA
  • Mukul Chaudhary: Jhansi → Director, Tourism
  • Abhishek Kumar Pandey: Shravasti → Director, Social Welfare
  • Harshita Mahesh: Raebareli → Director, Child Development & Nutrition

Other postings:

  • Kinjal Singh: Transport Commissioner → Secretary, Secondary Education
  • Ashutosh Niranjan: Appointed Transport Commissioner
  • Anita Verma Singh: Special Secretary, Food & Civil Supplies; Registrar, Technical Education

CDO Appointments and Promotions

  • Shruti Sharma: Deoria → CDO Hapur
  • Gamini Singla: Sultanpur → CDO Badaun
  • Sunil Kumar Dhanvanta: Azamgarh → CDO Bahraich
  • Pooja Sahu: Chitrakoot → CDO Amethi
  • Rameshwar S. Sabnavis: Ghazipur → CDO Jhansi

Other changes:


  • Sachin Kumar Singh: Amethi → Agriculture Marketing Board
  • Basant Agrawal: Hathras → ESI Medical Services
  • Junaid Ahmad: Jhansi → Labour Department, Kanpur Nagar
  • Himanshu Gautam: Hapur → Jhansi Development Authority
  • Mukesh Chandra: Bahraich → Hapur-Pilkhuwa Development Authority
  • Keshav Kumar: Badaun → Dr Ram Manohar Lohia University

Power Sector Appointments

  • Nitish Kumar: MD, Dakshinanchal Vidyut → MD, UP Power Corporation Ltd.
  • Shruti: Bulandshahr → MD, Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam

The reshuffle impacts multiple districts and departments, with a focus on administrative realignment and field-level governance.


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