Centre Reshuffles 40 IAS, 26 IPS Officers of AGMUT Cadre; IAS Ashish Chandra Verma Transferred to J&K

New Delhi: In a significant administrative reshuffle, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs announced the transfer of 40 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and 26 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre. Officers have been transferred across Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Puducherry, Goa, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh. As per the official notification, IAS Ashish Chandra Verma (1994 batch), presently the Additional Chief Secretary (Finance), has been transferred to Jammu & Kashmir.

Among all regions, Delhi witnessed the highest number of movements, with 21 IAS and 23 IPS officers either transferred out of or posted back to the capital. 

The list of other notable IAS transfers includes:

1. IAS Anil Kumar Singh (1995 batch) – currently Secretary (Urban Development) – Transferred to Jammu & Kashmir.
2. IAS Sudhir Kumar (1999 batch)- Transferred to Mizoram.
3. IAS Dilraj Kaur (2000 batch) – Transfered From Andaman and Nicobar Islands to Delhi.
4. IAS Chanchal Yadav (2008 batch) – Secretary (Women and Child Development) – Transferred to Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
5. IAS Sachin Shinde (2008 batch) – Special Secretary (Transport) – Transferred to Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
6. IAS Vinod P Kavle (2008 batch)– Transferred to Mizoram.
7. IAS Naveen S L (2012 batch) – Transferred to Jammu & Kashmir.
8. IAS Krishna Mohan Uppu (2012 batch)– Special Secretary (Home) – Transferred to Puducherry.
9. IAS Arun Kumar Mishra (2012 batch)– Goa Secretary (Health) – Transferred to Delhi.
10. IAS Shreya Singhal (2020 batch) – Transferred to Jammu & Kashmir.
11. IAS Mahima Madan (2021 batch) – Transferred to Jammu & Kashmir.
12. IAS Ananth Dwivedi (2021 batch)– Transferred to Jammu & Kashmir.
13. IAS Sandeep Kumar – Advisor to Lakshadweep Administrator – Shifted to Delhi.
14. IAS S B Deepak Kumar – Principal Secretary (Health), transferred to Lakshadweep as Advisor to the Administrator.

The list of notable IPS transfers includes:

1. IPS B. S. Jaiswal (2001 batch)– Joint Commissioner of Police (Central Range), Delhi– Transferred to Lakshadweep.
2. IPS Keshav Ram Chaurasia (2003 batch)– Joint Commissioner, Economic Offences Wing, Delhi – Transferred to Goa.
3. IPS Omvir Singh Bishnoi (2004 batch) – Transferred from Goa to Delhi.
4. IPS Raj Kumar Singh (2004 batch)– Transferred from Chandigarh to Delhi.
5. IPS Dheeraj Kumar (2004 batch) – Transferred from Mizoram to Delhi.
6. IPS Pushpendra Kumar (2006 batch) – Transferred from Delhi to Chandigarh.
7. PS Umesh Kumar (2009 batch)– Transferred from Jammu & Kashmir to Delhi.
8. IPS Ashok Malik (2009 batch) – Transferred from Delhi to Mizoram.
9. IPS Devesh Kumar Mahla (2012 batch) – DCP, New Delhi District – Transferred to Arunachal Pradesh.
10. IPS Surendra Choudhary (2013 batch)– DCP, South West District, Delhi– Transferred to Arunachal Pradesh.
11. IPS Apoorva Gupta (2013 batch) – DCP (Crime), Delhi – Transferred to Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
12. IPS Rohit Rajbir (2015 batch) – Transferred from Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi.
13. IPS Anant Mittal (2015 batch)– Transferred from Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi.
14. IPS Anurag Dwivedi (2020 batch) – Additional DCP, Delhi – Transferred to Arunachal Pradesh.
15. IPS Rishi Kumar (2021 batch) – Additional DCP – Transferred to Jammu & Kashmir.
16. IPS Nithya Radhakrishnan (2021 batch) – Additional DCP, Delhi – Transferred to Puducherry.
17. IPS K. M. Priyanka (2021 batch)– Additional DCP, Delhi – Transferred to Chandigarh.
18. IPS Sanjeev Kumar Yadav (2013 batch) – Transferred from Jammu & Kashmir to Delhi.

In line with the center’s reshuffle, the Delhi government also carried out internal transfers of 42 senior AGMUT and DANICS cadre IAS officers.

Key Transfers within Delhi Administration include:

1. IAS Bipul Pathak (1992 batch) – Additional Chief Secretary (Industries); gets additional charge of ACS (Environment and Forest).
   
2. IAS Prashant Goyal (1993 batch) – Formerly ACS-cum-Commissioner (Transport); now ACS (Urban Development).
   
3. IAS Navin Kumar Chaudhary (1994 batch) – Transferred from ACS (Irrigation and Flood Control and GAD) to ACS (Public Works Department).
   
4. IAS A Ambarasu (1996 batch) – Principal Secretary (Home); now Principal Secretary (Services).
   
5. IAS Nikhil Kumar (2002 batch) – Appointed Health Secretary and given additional charge of IT Secretary.
   
6. IAS Neeraj Semwal (2003 batch) – Assigned Secretary (Revenue)-cum-Divisional Commissioner.
   
7. IAS Niharika Rai (2008 batch) – From Secretary (Finance) to Secretary-cum-Commissioner (Transport).
   
8. IAS Ravi Jha (2011 batch) – Special Secretary to CM; now appointed Excise Commissioner, Government of Delhi.

The reshuffle aims to optimize governance across Union Territories and align administrative capacities with emerging policy priorities across sectors.

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