Lucknow: Ahead of the panchayat elections, the Uttar Pradesh government transferred 18 IAS officers. The replacements pertain to DMs of six districts and the commissioners of four divisions.
R Ramesh Kumar has been made the Commissioner of Bareilly, while Ananjay Kumar Singh has been made the Commissioner of Moradabad Division.
IAS officer Surendra Singh has become the commissioner of Meerut. Sanjay Goyal has been given the command of Prayagraj Division.
Deepa Ranjan Badaun has been appointed as the District Magistrate of Badaun. Ravindra Mandar has been made DM of Rampur.
Soumya Aggarwal has been made the District Magistrate of Basti. Ashutosh Niranjan has been appointed DM of Deoria while Jitendra Kumar Singh has been made DM of Kanpur Dehat.
Through these transfers, along with the posting of new commissioners in four mandals and new district magistrates in the districts, many other officers have also been moved. The government has changed the District Magistrate of Rampur, Bandayu, Basti, Chitrakoot, Deoria and Kanpur Dehat. Similarly, the commissioners of Prayagraj, Meerut Bareilly and Moradabad divisions have also been transferred.
