In a major reshuffle the Uttar Pradesh has transferred 31 officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), including three divisional commissioners and 13 district magistrates, official sources said here on Friday.
Sources said that the District Magistrates of Mathura, Bulandshahr, Lucknow, Aligarh, Pratapgarh, Kanpur, Baghpat, Banda, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Farrukhabad, Sultanpur and Bijnor have been shifted, in which the DMs of Lucknow and Kanpur have been appointed as the Secretary to the Chief Minister, while new divisional commissioners have been appointed in Aligarh, Agra and Meerut.
Lucknow DM Suryapal Gangwar and Kanpur DM Rakesh Pratap Singh have been appointed as the Secretary to the CM. Aligarh District Magistrate Vishakh G has now become the Lucknow DM, while Baghpat DM Jitendra Pratap Singh has been made the Kanpur DM.
Meerut Divisional Commissioner Selva Kumar J has been transferred as Secretary, Planning and Director General, Finance and Statistics, whereas Saharanpur Divisional Commissioner Hrishikesh Bhaskar Yashod has been made the new Divisional Commissioner of Meerut. Agra Divisional Commissioner Ritu Maheshwari has been sent to the post of Secretary, Medical and Family Welfare.
Mathura DM Shailendra Kumar Singh has been appointed in her place. Suhas L Y has been relieved from the charge of the post of Director General of Youth Welfare and Provincial Guard Force. His charge of the post of Secretary of Sports and Youth Welfare will remain unchanged.
Bulandshahr DM Chandra Prakash Singh has been made the new DM of Mathura, while Additional Chief Executive Officer of Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority Ritu has been appointed as the DM of Bulandshahr.
Aligarh Divisional Commissioner Chaitra V has been given the responsibility of the post of Director General of Youth and Provincial Guard Force, whereas National Health Insurance Scheme’s Chief Executive Officer Sangeeta Singh has been appointed as the Commissioner of Aligarh in her place.
Special Secretary Medical, Health and Family Welfare Archana Verma has been made the Chief Executive Officer of National Health Insurance Scheme. DM of Pratapgarh Sanjeev Ranjan has been transferred as DM Aligarh. Secretary in the Department of Medical and Health Family Welfare Shiv Sahay Awasthi has now been posted as the new DM Pratapgarh.
DM Bijnor Ankit Kumar Agarwal has been sent to the post of Director of Minority Welfare Department. Additional Commissioner of Meerut Jasjit Kaur has been made the DM of Bijnor. Additional Chief Executive Officer of UP State Industrial Development Authority Asmita Lal has been appointed as the DM Baghpat.
DM Banda Nagendra Pratap has been made the Additional Chief Executive Officer of Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority. Director in Minority Welfare Department J Reebha has been made the new DM Banda.
DM Ghaziabad Indra Vikram Singh has been transferred as Secretary, Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural Foreign Trade and Export Promotion, besides Director of State Agricultural Production Mandi Parishad.
Meerut DM Deepak Meena will now be the new DM of Ghaziabad, while Farrukhabad DM Dr Vijay Kumar Singh will take over as the DM Meerut. Additional Chief Executive Officer, Greater Noida Ashutosh Kumar Dwivedi has been transferred as the new DM Farrukhabad.
Barabanki DM Satyendra Kumar has been made Special Secretary to the CM. Special Secretary to the CM Shashank Tripathi will now be the DM of Barabanki. Sultanpur DM Kritika Jyotsna has been made Special Secretary in the State Tax Department. Kumar Harsh, who was looking after the work of Special Secretary in the Civil Aviation Department in addition to Special Secretary to the CM, will be the new DM Sultanpur.
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Special Secretary to the CM Ishan Pratap Singh has also been given the charge of Special Secretary of the Civil Aviation Department along with his current post.