A total of 44 officers, including 23 IAS and 11 PCS, have been transferred in Uttarakhand, with several DMs also being transferred.
Once again, All India Service officers have been transferred in Uttarakhand. These include changes in the responsibilities of officers from the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Forest Service, and the State Civil Service. The transfer list includes changes for 23 IAS officers, and changes for 11 PCS officers. Additionally, three Secretariat Service officers and one Indian Forest Service officer have also been included in the transfer list.
The Dhami government has made changes in the responsibilities of officers in Uttarakhand before Diwali. The transfer list includes changes to key positions. Significantly, speculation about the transfers had been swirling for quite some time, but now the wait for the officers is over.
A total of 23 IAS officers have been transferred in the state. IAS officer Dilip Jawalkar has been removed from the Rural Development and Rural Works Department. IAS officer BVRC Purushottam has also been removed from the post of Director of Fisheries. Similarly, IAS officer Chandresh Yadav has been removed from the positions of Secretary, Panchayati Raj, and Food Commissioner.
IAS officer Ranveer Singh Chauhan has been relieved of his responsibilities as Director General of Agriculture and Horticulture, replacing him as Food Commissioner. Dhiraj Garbyal has been appointed Secretary of the Rural Development and Rural Works Department. Indian Forest Service officer Parag Madhukar has been appointed Special Secretary of Panchayati Raj.
In the transfer list, IAS officer Sonika has been appointed Vice-Chairman of the Haridwar Roorkee Development Authority. IAS officer Lalit Mohan Raiyal has been removed from his position as Additional Secretary, Personnel, and has been appointed District Magistrate of Nainital. He also has the additional charge of Vice-Chairman of the District Development Authority. Vijay Kumar Jogdande has been relieved of his responsibilities as Additional Secretary, Revenue Department.
Vandana Singh has been removed from the post of Nainital District Magistrate, replacing her as Director General of Agriculture and Horticulture, along with Additional Secretary, Planning. Vineet Kumar has been relieved of his responsibilities as Additional Secretary, Forests, and has been appointed Additional Secretary, Labor. Himanshu Khurana has been appointed Additional Secretary, Forests. Anuradha Pal has been removed from her position as Additional Secretary, Medical Education. Alok Kumar Pandey has been removed from his position as District Magistrate of Almora district and appointed Chief Executive Officer, PMGSY, Additional Secretary, Information Technology, and Director, ITDA.
Gaurav Kumar has also been included in the transfer list, appointed District Magistrate of Chamoli. Chamoli District Magistrate Sandeep Tiwari has been appointed Director, Social Welfare, Haldwani. In the transfer list, IAS Ravneet Cheema has been stripped of his responsibilities as Additional Secretary, Labor and Social Welfare, as well as Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities. He has now been appointed Additional Secretary, Department of Reorganization.
Vinod Giri Goswami has been removed from his position as District Magistrate of Pithoragarh and appointed Additional Secretary, Urban Development Department and Director, Urban Development. Ashish Kumar Bhatgai has been removed from his position as District Magistrate of Bageshwar and has been appointed District Magistrate of Pithoragarh.
IAS Prakash Chandra has been appointed Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities. Deepti Singh has been stripped of her additional responsibilities as Director, Horticulture Department. IAS Akanksha Konde has been appointed District Magistrate of Bageshwar. Similarly, Anshul has been stripped of his position as Vice Chairman of the Haridwar Roorkee Development Authority and appointed District Magistrate of Almora.
Transfers of these Secretariat Service officers: Mayawati Dhakariyal of the Secretariat Service has been appointed Additional Secretary, Languages, and Director of the Language Institute. Santosh Badoni, also of the Secretariat Service, has been appointed Director of the Secretariat Training Institute. Sunil Singh has been appointed Assistant Secretary, Revenue, and Secretariat Administration.
Transfers of these PCS officers: PCS officer Girdhari Singh Rawat has been appointed Additional Secretary, Personnel and Vigilance. PCS Chandra Singh Dharmashakti has been appointed Director, Fisheries Department.
PCS Lalit Narayan Mishra has been transferred to Haridwar as Chief Development Officer. Ashok Kumar Pandey has been appointed Secretary, Uttarakhand Public Service Commission. Sundarlal Semwal has been appointed Director, Horticulture Department. Chandra Singh Martolia has been appointed Divisional Food Controller, Kumaon Division. Jai Bharat Singh has been removed from the post of ADM, Dehradun and appointed Chief Development Officer, Uttarkashi. Raza Abbas has been stripped of his responsibility as Additional Municipal Commissioner, Dehradun Municipal Corporation. Jaivardhan Sharma has been appointed Controller of Examinations, Uttarakhand Public Service Commission, Haridwar. Similarly, Yukta Mishra has been appointed ADM, Almora.
The government has also included Krishna Nath Goswami in the transfer list, who has been appointed ADM, Champawat. Naresh Chandra Durg Pal has been appointed Joint Director, Consolidation, Richa Singh has been appointed Deputy Collector, Udham Singh Nagar, and Sonia Pant has been appointed Deputy Director, Urban Development. Similarly, Sohan Singh has been appointed Deputy Collector, Rudraprayag, Paritosh Verma as Municipal Commissioner, Haldwani Municipal Corporation, Chatar Singh as Deputy Collector, Pauri, and Anil Kumar as Deputy Collector, Bageshwar.
Five District Magistrates Changed in Uttarakhand: The District Magistrates of five districts in Uttarakhand have also been changed, including Nainital, Chamoli, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, and Almora.
