UP Transfers 38 IAS Officers Ahead of Assembly Elections; New DMs Appointed in Five Districts, Anuj Singh Gets Lucknow Development Authority
The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a major administrative reshuffle involving 38 IAS officers, bringing changes across district administrations, development authorities and municipal corporations.
The transfer orders, issued on November 13, include five new District Magistrates (DMs), seven Chief Development Officers (CDOs) and several senior-level appointments.
The reshuffle comes ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections and the Special Summary Revision (SSR) of electoral rolls. The changes are also being undertaken in view of the Election Commission of India’s guidelines concerning the transfer of administrative officers ahead of elections.
The five districts receiving new District Magistrates are Sitapur, Maharajganj, Siddharthnagar, Muzaffarnagar and Bijnor.
Five Districts Get New District Magistrates
The major district-level changes include:
1. Prathmesh Kumar, Vice-Chairman of the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), has been appointed DM of Sitapur. The incumbent, Rajaganapathi R., has been posted as Director of the State Urban Development Agency (SUDA).
2. Gaurav Singh Sograwal, DM of Maharajganj, has been transferred as DM of Siddharthnagar. Shivsharanappa G.N., the outgoing DM of Siddharthnagar, will replace him in Maharajganj.
3. Umesh Mishra, DM of Muzaffarnagar, has been appointed Special Secretary in the Urban Development Department. Sunil Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Executive Officer of Greater Noida, will succeed him.
4. Jogendra Singh, Special Secretary in the Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply Department, has been appointed DM of Bijnor. He replaces Umesh Pratap Singh, who has been transferred as Special Secretary in the Public Works Department.
Anuj Singh Gets Lucknow Development Authority
Several important changes have also been made in development authorities and municipal corporations across the state.Anuj Singh, Special Secretary to the Chief Minister and Additional Director of the Uttar Pradesh State Agricultural Produce Markets Board, has been appointed Vice-Chairman of the Lucknow Development Authority. He succeeds Prathmesh Kumar, who has been shifted to Sitapur as District Magistrate.
Other significant appointments include:
* Vikramaditya Singh Malik, Municipal Commissioner of Ghaziabad, has been appointed Vice-Chairman of the Meerut Development Authority, with additional charge of Divisional Food Controller, Meerut.
* Himanshu Nagpal, Municipal Commissioner of Varanasi, will replace Malik as Municipal Commissioner of Ghaziabad.
* Shashwat Tripurari, CDO of Gorakhpur, has been appointed Municipal Commissioner of Varanasi. Abhishek Kumar will replace him as CDO.
* Sanjay Kumar Meena, former Vice-Chairman of the Meerut Development Authority, has been appointed Additional CEO of YEIDA.
* Dr Nitin Madan, Additional CEO of YEIDA, has been appointed Joint Managing Director of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Urban).
* Vandana Tripathi, Additional CEO of Noida, has been transferred as Additional Commissioner of Saharanpur Division. Preeti Jaiswal will succeed her at Noida.
* Nupur Goyal, CDO of Meerut, has been appointed Additional CEO of Greater Noida. Sandeep Kumar, ADM (Finance and Revenue), Hapur, will take over as CDO of Meerut.
* Praveen Verma, Additional CEO of Bundelkhand Industrial Development Authority, has been transferred as Additional CEO of Greater Noida. Shrilakshmi V.S. will move to the Women Welfare Department as Special Secretary.
* Shatrughan Vaishya, CDO of Firozabad, has been appointed Additional CEO of YEIDA.
Seven Changes in Chief Development Officer Positions
The reshuffle also brings considerable changes to district-level development administration.
* Rajesh Kumar, Additional CEO of YEIDA, has been appointed CDO of Ayodhya. Krishna Kumar Singh, the outgoing CDO, will move to YEIDA as Additional CEO.
* Abhishek Kumar will take charge as CDO of Gorakhpur, replacing Shashwat Tripurari.
* Poonam Nigam, Deputy Secretary in the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission, has been appointed CDO of Fatehpur, replacing Pawan Kumar Meena, who moves to the Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply Department as Special Secretary.
* Shishir Kumar Singh, Joint Magistrate of Aligarh and Settlement Officer (Consolidation), has been appointed CDO of Shravasti. He replaces Shahid Ahmad, who has been posted as Additional Director at the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Uttar Pradesh Academy of Administration and Management (RUPAAM).
* Shailendra Kumar Singh has been appointed CDO of Aligarh.
* Yogendra Kumar, outgoing CDO and Divisional Food Controller of Aligarh, has been transferred as CDO of Firozabad.
* Sandeep Kumar will take over as CDO of Meerut.
Other Administrative Changes
In another appointment, Pratyush Pandey, Special Secretary (Coordination) and Additional Project Director of UPDESCO, has been given additional charge as Additional Director of the Uttar Pradesh State Agricultural Produce Markets Board.
The reshuffle also includes changes in senior departmental assignments and development authorities, reflecting the state government’s wider administrative reorganisation ahead of the electoral exercise.
