Major administrative reshuffle in Punjab, transfer of 7 IAS and 34 PCS officers

In a major reshuffle in Punjab, the state government on Monday issued transfer orders and fresh postings of seven IAS and 34 PCS officers with immediate effect. The Punjab government has also transferred 19 IPS, nine PPS and one ISF officer. According to the official order, among the transferred officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Gurpreet Kaur Sapra (Finance) has been given additional charge of Jalandhar Divisional Commissioner, while Pradeep Kumar has been given the charge of Special Secretary (Transport). According to this, Neelima, Managing Director of Punjab Health System Corporation, has been given additional charge of Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration. Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Special Sarangal has been given additional charge of Commissioner Municipal Corporation, Kapurthala.

IAS officer Rajiv Kumar Gupta got this post

IAS officer Rajiv Kumar Gupta has been made secretary, Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training, while IFS (Indian Forest Service) officer Manish Kumar has been posted as director, environment and climate change. Apart from this, 34 officers of Punjab Civil Service (PCS) have also been given new posting orders, including Ravinder Singh, Jasbir Singh, Daljit Kaur and Navjot Kaur.

According to another official order, several officers of the Indian Police Service (IPS) have also been transferred. According to this, senior police officer Naresh Kumar has been posted as Additional Director General of Police (Human Rights), replacing G Nageswara Rao. Rao has been posted as ADGP (Provisioning). IPS officer MF Farooqui has been given the charge of ADGP (Railways) apart from public grievances.