IAS Officers Mudra Raheja And Anup Garg Get Inter-Cadre Transfers After Tying The Knot With IPS Officers – Here’s Their Full Story
So here’s a bit of good news for two young IAS officers who’ve just had their wish granted by the Centre. The government has given the green light to inter-cadre transfers for Mudra Raheja and Anup Garg, both moving to new states after marrying officers from the Indian Police Service. Mudra Raheja, who belongs to the 2025 batch and was originally posted in Tripura, is now headed to Rajasthan. Anup Garg, a 2022 batch officer who served in Kerala, has been shifted to Jharkhand instead.
Both these transfers have gone through under a well known Central Government policy, one that lets All India Service officers request a cadre change once they get married to someone from another AIS cadre. It’s a rule that’s been around for a while now, and honestly, plenty of officers end up using it every year so they don’t have to spend their entire careers living apart from their spouse.
Mudra Raheja’s Journey – From Tripura To Rajasthan
Let’s talk about Mudra first. She’s originally from Delhi and was born on January 17, 1998. She holds a B.Sc degree, and her path to the civil services wasn’t exactly a straight line, it actually took a couple of tries and a fair bit of grit.
Back in 2023, she cracked the UPSC Civil Services Exam with an All India Rank of 413, which got her into the Indian Police Service. Not one to settle, she went back and gave the exam another shot in 2024, and this time she pulled off AIR 252, good enough to land her a spot in the IAS. Her optional subject through all this was Sociology, in case you were wondering.
Once she was allotted the Tripura cadre, she got down to work pretty quickly and started off as Assistant Collector in Khowai. That stint didn’t last too long though, because soon after, the Department of Personnel and Training cleared her request to move to Rajasthan following her marriage to IPS officer Siddharth Srivastava. Now she’ll get to build her administrative career in the state she’s moving to, closer to her husband’s posting.
It’s worth mentioning here that Mudra isn’t the only officer who’s recently benefited from this kind of transfer. Not too long ago, IPS officer Anjali Vishwakarma, an IIT graduate who earned herself the nickname “Lady Singham,” also got an inter-cadre transfer to Chhattisgarh. These stories keep popping up, and they’re a nice reminder of how the policy actually works in real life for young officers trying to balance a demanding career with family life.
Anup Garg’s Move – Kerala To Jharkhand
Now onto Anup Garg’s story, which honestly has its own share of ups and downs. He was born on December 23, 1993, and hails from Rourkela in Odisha. His family runs a business back home, his father Sushil Garg has been the one steering that ship.
On the academic side, Anup studied Industrial Engineering and Management at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering in Bengaluru before going on to complete a Master’s degree in Public Administration. That combination of engineering and public policy probably gave him a pretty useful edge once he stepped into administrative roles.
His UPSC story is genuinely inspiring if you think about it. He didn’t clear the exam on his first go, or his second, or even his third. It took him five attempts to finally make it, and along the way he reached the interview stage four separate times before things finally clicked. When he did make it through, he secured AIR 269 in the 2021 batch, earning himself a place in the IAS.
During his time in the Kerala cadre, Anup held some fairly important field postings. He started out as Assistant Collector in Kannur, then moved on to become Sub Collector in Idukki starting August 20, 2024. From there, he was elevated to Sub Collector Grade-I, and he also took on the roles of District Development Commissioner and Special Officer for the Idukki Package, a position he’s held since April 2026.
He’s also earned some recognition along the way for kickstarting an initiative called “With People,” a citizen focused governance programme designed to make public service delivery smoother and more accessible for ordinary folks. Now, with his transfer to Jharkhand approved on account of his marriage to IPS officer Sakshi Jamuar, he’ll be starting a fresh chapter of his career in a completely new state.
Why These Marriage Based Transfers Matter
For anyone unfamiliar with how this works, the Centre’s inter-cadre transfer policy exists specifically so that officers from the All India Services, that’s IAS, IPS, and IFoS, don’t have to spend years or even decades separated from their spouses just because of where they happened to get posted after training.
It’s actually a pretty sensible arrangement when you think about it. Two officers who fall in love, or who were already together before joining the services, shouldn’t have to choose between their careers and their personal lives. As long as administrative requirements allow it, and the paperwork checks out, the government tries to accommodate these requests so couples can eventually serve in the same state or nearby regions.
Cases like Mudra Raheja’s and Anup Garg’s aren’t rare exactly, but each one still tells its own story of persistence, whether that’s cracking one of the toughest exams in the country after multiple attempts, or navigating a completely new administrative system in an unfamiliar state. Both officers now step into fresh postings, new responsibilities, and presumably a shorter commute to see their spouses more often. That’s the kind of outcome this policy was designed for in the first place, and it looks like it’s doing exactly that here.
